The Maiden of Tonnerre
Subtitle: The Vicissitudes of the Chevalier and the Chevalière d'Eon
Contributors: Roland A. Champagne (Translator); Nina Claire Ekstein (Translator); Gary Kates (Translator)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 29, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801866876
Subjects: Biography: historical; Biography: political; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Gender Studies; Social Science; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Diplomacy; Sociology; France - History; Biography / Autobiography; Female impersonators; Spies; France; Diplomats; Europe - France; Historical - General; Political; Eon de Beaumont, Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d; History / Europe / General; 1728-1810; Biography; Eon de Beaumont, Charles Genev
First sentence: During the final decade of a very long life, the Chevaliere d'Eon (1728-1810) made preparations in London to publish an autobiography that he had been working on for more than twenty years.