Pierre Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier and revolutionary (both French and American).Born a Parisian watchmaker's son, Beaumarchais rose in French society and became influential in the court of Louis XV as an inventor and music teacher. He made a number of important business and social contacts, played various roles as a diplomat and spy, and had earned a considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles jeopardized his reputation.
An early French supporter of American independence, Beaumarchais lobbied the French government on behalf of the American rebels during the American War of Independence. Beaumarchais oversaw covert aid from the French and Spanish governments to supply arms and financial assistance to the rebels in the years before France's formal entry into the war in 1778. He later struggled to recover money he had personally invested in the scheme. Beaumarchais was also a participant in the early stages of the 1789 French Revolution.
Beaumarchais is probably best known for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays. Provided by Wikipedia
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Théâtre de Beaumarchais: Le barbier de Séville, Le mariage de Figaro [et] La mére coupable. by Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
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The barber of Seville, and The marriage of Figaro by Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
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The barber of Seville ; The marriage of Figaro ; The guilty mother : three plays / by Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
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The marriage of Figaro / by Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
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The barber of Seville, or, The futile precaution : a new English translation / by Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
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The three Figaro plays / by Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
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Beaumarchais par lui-même. by Tieghem, Philippe van
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Influence du despotisme de l'Angleterre sur les deux mondes. : Les rois & les peuples ont pour juges leur siécle & la postérité ; c'est à la fidelité de l'histoire de les accuser,...
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The barber of Seville / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
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Phaedra and Figaro: Racine's Phèdre by Racine, Jean, 1639-1699
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Observations on the justificative memorial of the court of London. : Paris, printed by the royal authority. by Gérard de Rayneval, J.-M. 1736-1812
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Three popular French comedies /
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Mozart's The marriage of Figaro : adapted for Covent Garden, 1819 / by Bishop, Henry R. Sir, 1786-1855
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The barber of Seville / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
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Axur, re d'Ormus / by Salieri, Antonio, 1750-1825
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Il barbiere di Siviglia / by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
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Rossini's The Barber of Seville / by Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831
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The barber of Seville / by Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831
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Four French comedies of the eighteenth century / by Zdanowicz, Casimir Douglass
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Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
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