Selections. English. 2001

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.

0801866871 (alk. paper)

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.

xxiv, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

BEIN Bailey 649: Number line on t.p. verso indicates 1st printing: "2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1." Dust jacket. From the library of Laura Bailey.

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.

English

June 01, 2002

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