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Author Schaeper, Thomas J.

Title Edward Bancroft : scientist, author, spy / Thomas J. Schaeper.

Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.386 B221Bs 2011    ---  Available
Description xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Bancroft, Edward, 1744-1821.
Spies -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Secret service.
ISBN 9780300118421 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0300118422 (clothbound : alk. paper)

 
    
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