Transcriber's Note
This book was published in two volumes, of which this is the second.The first volume was released as Project Gutenberg ebook #37960,available at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37960.The index in this volume contains links to pages in the other volume.Although the correctness of these links is verified at the time of posting,these links may not work, for various reasons, for various people, at various times.
Two incorrect index sub-entries for Beaumarchais have been corrected:
jealousies aroused against — page changed from 6 to 304
judged by parliament Maupeou — page changed from 24 to 100
BEAUMARCHAIS
And the War of
American Independence
WITH A FOREWORD BY
TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME TWO
ILLUSTRATED
BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
Copyright, 1918, by Richard G. Badger
All Rights Reserved
Made in the United States of AmericaThe Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
Copyright, 1918, by Richard G. Badger
All Rights Reserved
Made in the United States of AmericaThe Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
“The faith of a believer is a spring to which uncertain convictionsyield; this was the case of Beaumarchais with the King in the cause ofAmerican Independence.”
Gaillardet, in Le Chevalier d’Eon.
CONTENTS
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| CHAPTER XV | |
Curious History of the Chevalier d’Eon—Secret Agent of LouisXV—The Chevalier Feigns to Be a Woman—Curiosity of LondonAroused—Necessity for the French Government to ObtainPossession of State Papers in d’Eon’s Hands—BeaumarchaisAccepts Mission—Obtains Possession of the Famous Chest | 13 |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
Beaumarchais’s Earliest Activities in the Cause of Amer ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |