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The maiden of Tonnerre : the vicissitudes of the chevalier and the chevalière d'Eon
- Title
- 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, and Gary Kates.
- Author
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2001.
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- Description
- xxiv, 207 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections. English. 2001
- Alternative Title
- Works. 2001
- Subject
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810
- 1700-1799
- Diplomats > France > Biography
- Spies > France > Biography
- Transgender people > France > Biography
- Female impersonators > France > Biography
- Transgender people
- Diplomatic relations
- Diplomats
- Female impersonators
- Spies
- Spionage
- Diplomatieke betrekkingen
- France > Foreign relations > 18th century
- France
- Frankrijk
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-198) and index.
- Contents
- The Great Historical Epistle by the Chevaliere d'Eon, Written in 1785 -- Other Autobiographical Writings and Fragments -- D'Eon's Second Visit to Christophe de Beaumont -- Selected Correspondence between d'Eon and His Mother -- From the Letter to the Duchesse, May 1778 -- Letter to the Duchesse, June 1789 -- Reply from the Duchesse -- Christian Reflections -- Important Document in My Present State -- Historical Precedents Found by d'Eon.
- ISBN
- 0801866871
- 9780801866876
- LCCN
- 00011754
- OCLC
- ocm45137449
- 45137449
- SCSB-14629744
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library