Project Gutenberg 2012-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 69 Kite, Elizabeth Sarah 1864 1954 Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2 Reading ease score: 67.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Roberta Staehlin, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2" by Elizabeth Sarah Kite is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume focuses on the life and exploits of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, a key figure in the American Revolution, highlighting his role as a secret agent and diplomat who sought to aid the American colonies in their fight for independence from England. At the start of this second volume, the narrative delves into the extraordinary mission of Beaumarchais in the summer of 1775, which involves negotiating with the Chevalier d'Eon, a controversial figure whose gender identity sparked widespread intrigue. Their dealings are set against the backdrop of rising revolutionary fervor in America, as Beaumarchais begins to engage deeply with the causes of the revolution, simultaneously navigating complex political dynamics between France and England. The opening portion establishes Beaumarchais's unique position as both a supporter of the American cause and a cunning negotiator within the fraught intrigues of European diplomacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40340/40340-h/images/cover.jpg en United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799 E201 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare 670833 670793 2024-11-17T05:29:16.874574 2023-09-17T13:41:08.455997 text/html text/html 663729 2012-07-26T13:06:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 1040114 2012-07-26T13:07:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1117507 2024-11-17T05:29:27.654515 application/epub+zip 1123546 2024-11-17T05:29:19.010526 application/epub+zip 265075 2024-11-17T05:29:17.931532 application/epub+zip 1323271 2024-11-17T05:29:33.410461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1276007 2024-11-17T05:29:26.480514 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410246 2022-09-18T12:53:58.800850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558416 2024-10-17T05:41:32.649019 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 563490 2012-07-26T13:06:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 204940 2012-07-26T13:07:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 557683 2012-07-26T13:07:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 203969 2012-07-26T13:07:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 557684 2012-07-26T13:07:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203614 2012-07-26T13:07:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22825 2024-11-17T05:29:33.562463 application/rdf+xml 11569 2024-11-17T05:29:18.118533 image/jpeg 1888 2024-11-17T05:29:18.027537 image/jpeg 1051328 2024-11-17T05:29:16.968575 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog