The maiden of Tonnerre : the vicissitudes of the chevalier and the chevalière d'Eon / Charles d'Eon de Beaumont ; translated and edited by Roland A. Champagne, Nina Ekstein, Gary Kates.

Author: Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810 [Browse]
Uniform title: Works. Selections. English. 2001 [Browse]
Format: Book
Language: English
Published/Created: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Description: xxiv, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont was a diplomat and spy, who was compelled by Louis XVI to dress as a woman. This volume contains his autobiography as well as stories of women who concealed their sex to enter religious orders.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-198) and index.

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0801866871 (alk. paper)

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00011754

OCLC

45137449

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The maiden of Tonnerre : the vicissitudes of the chevalier and the chevalière d'Eon / Charles d'Eon de Beaumont ; translated and edited by Roland A. Champagne, Nina Ekstein, Gary Kates.

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