Home  Collectors books - Literature Biography #4908 - Beaumarchais, The Man Who Was Figaro - Grendel, Frederic
Published by - Macdonald and Jane's Condition - Fine.
10 Published by - Macdonald and Jane's Condition - Fine. Size - 240x160mm Jacket Condition - Good Binding - Cloth ISBN - Edition - First English Edition Publish Year -1977 Description - The Hero of The Marriage of Figaro and the Barber of Seville has been immortalised by Mozart and Rossini in their operas based on Beaumarchais's sparkling comedies. Yet the highly eventful life of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais is little known. Playwright, Spy, Music Master, Gun runner and Aviator. A good read. 305 pages. Spine of dustwrapper sunned.