Unlikely Allies : How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution (9781594484872)

Look out for Joel Paul's new book, Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times Silas Deane, a Connecticut merchant and member of the Continental Congress, went to France to persuade the king to support the colonists in their struggle with Britain. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a playwright who had access to the arms and ammunition that Deane needed. And the Chevalier d'Éon was a diplomat and sometime spy for the French king who ignited a crisis that persuaded the French to arm the Americans. This is the true story of how three remarkable people lied, cheated, stole, and cross-dressed across Europe to gain France's aid as the War of American Independence hung in the balance.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 405 pages
• Dimensions 139 x 207 x 23mm | 336g
• Publication date 02 Nov 2010
• Publisher Riverhead Books
• Language English
• Illustrations note Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 1594484872
• ISBN13 9781594484872
• Bestsellers rank 2,763,865

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