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Edward Bancroft : scientist, author, spy
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Edward Bancroft : scientist, author, spy

저자: Thomas J Schaeper
출판사: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
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Looks at the life of the American scientist and man of letters who led a secret life in Great Britain as British agent working against both the American colonies and the French during the Revolutionary War.
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장르/형태: Biography
명시된 사람: Edward Bancroft
자료 유형: 전기
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모든 저자 / 참여자: Thomas J Schaeper
ISBN: 9780300118421 0300118422
OCLC 번호: 178289618
설명: xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
내용: Early life --
On the rise in London --
Initiation in covert activity --
First steps --
Our man in Paris --
The Franco-American alliance --
Gauging Bancroft's role --
In for the long haul, 1778-1783 --
Arthur Lee : spy catcher? Benjamin Franklin : traitor? Edward Bancroft : murderer? --
In America, 1783-1784 --
Return to normalcy.
책임: Thomas J. Schaeper.

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A man of as many names as motives, Edward Bancroft is a singular figure in the history of Revolutionary America. This biography of Bancroft reveals the extent of the agent's deception during the  더 읽기…

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