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Figaro´s Fleet
Raymond Reagan Butler
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Hardback. The little-known story of how a French gun-runner helped the American rebels to defeat the British Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TRLN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 610.
In 1776 the American rebel colonists were desperately in need of arms and financial backing, and the Frenchman Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais came rapidly to their aid. Radical dramatist, business tycoon and former spy, he was the ideal man to encourage a revolution in the making, and he promptly set up a fictitious shipping firm to supply and transport munitions to the Americans; by September 1777 he had sent five million livres’ worth of supplies. American victories in three revolutionary battles owed much to this one remarkable man’s efforts. With its thriller-like episodes, moments of intense drama, and equally ... Read more
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Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845886363
SKU
V9781845886363
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
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