000342725 000__ 02565cam\a2200397\a\4500 000342725 001__ 342725 000342725 005__ 20210513124046.0 000342725 008__ 090825s2009\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0deng\\ 000342725 010__ $$a 2009034986 000342725 020__ $$a9781594488832 000342725 020__ $$a1594488835 000342725 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn311778242 000342725 035__ $$a342725 000342725 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dCDX 000342725 043__ $$an-us---$$ae-fr--- 000342725 049__ $$aISEA 000342725 05000 $$aE279$$b.P38 2009 000342725 08200 $$a973.3/85$$222 000342725 1001_ $$aPaul, Joel Richard. 000342725 24510 $$aUnlikely allies :$$bhow a merchant, a playwright, and a spy saved the American Revolution /$$cJoel Richard Paul. 000342725 260__ $$aNew York :$$bRiverhead Books,$$c2009. 000342725 300__ $$a405 p. :$$bill. ;$$c22 cm. 000342725 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000342725 5050_ $$aThe merchant -- The playwright -- The spy -- Blackmail -- Figaro -- Ticonderoga -- The chevalier -- The chevalier's ghost -- The judge -- The Lord Mayor -- The foreign minister -- A secret liaison -- An improbable emissary -- The dinner party -- The Middle Temple conspiracy -- The bet -- The King must decide -- The British are watching -- The foreign minister winks -- The counterspy -- A tangled web -- The Declaration goes missing -- The French officers -- The saboteur -- Invisible ink -- Odd man out -- The Ohio Company -- Turtle's progress -- Madame d'Eon's Trousseau -- A little revenge -- Betrayed -- To oppose a torrent is madness -- Safety lies in silence -- The snuffbox -- The deceits of the human heart -- The cross. 000342725 520__ $$aDocuments the machinations of three individuals in their efforts to win the American Revolution, tracing their applications of espionage to smuggle weapons and supplies while spinning a web of international political intrigue. 000342725 60010 $$aDeane, Silas,$$d1737-1789. 000342725 60010 $$aBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,$$d1732-1799. 000342725 60010 $$aEon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d',$$d1728-1810. 000342725 650_0 $$aArms transfers$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000342725 650_0 $$aArms transfers$$zFrance$$xHistory$$y18th century. 000342725 650_0 $$aSaratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777. 000342725 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory$$yRevolution, 1775-1783$$xSecret service. 000342725 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory$$yRevolution, 1775-1783$$xParticipation, French. 000342725 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xForeign relations$$y1775-1783. 000342725 85200 $$bgen$$hE279$$i.P38$$i2009 000342725 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009034986-b.html 000342725 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009034986-d.html 000342725 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:342725$$pGLOBAL_SET 000342725 980__ $$aBIB 000342725 980__ $$aBOOK