Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution 9781101151037, 9781594484872, 9781101149744, 1101149744, 110115103X

The merchant -- The playwright -- The spy -- Blackmail -- Figaro -- Ticonderoga -- The chevalier -- The chevalier's

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Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution
 9781101151037, 9781594484872, 9781101149744, 1101149744, 110115103X

Table of contents :
The 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.

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