Tuesday, November 24, 2026 From 6:00 PM To 7:00 PM Add to Calendar 2026-11-24 18:00:00 2026-11-24 19:00:00 Beaumarchais: Playwright, Secret Agent, Revolutionary The little-known story of the man behind Figaro and the secret French support that helped sustain the American Revolution. The French Library, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States America/New_York
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About Robert Allison
Robert J. Allison is a historian of the American Revolution and early American history. A professor at Suffolk University who also teaches at Harvard Extension School, he is the author of The American Revolution: A Concise History, as well as books on Boston, the Barbary Wars, and naval hero Stephen Decatur.
Allison is co-chair of Revolution 250, a consortium of organizations working together to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. He has also written about Harlow Giles Unger’s Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution, recently reissued by Brandeis University Press.
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