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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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Additional Authors
  • Champagne, Roland A.
  • Ekstein, Nina C., 1952-
  • Kates, Gary, 1952-
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
Subjects
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