The Chevalier d'Eon and His Worlds: Gender, Espionage and Politics in the Eighteenth Century

by Jonathan Conlin, Valerie Mainz, Simon Burrows

Cross-dressing author, envoy, soldier and spy Charles d'Eon de Beaumont's unusual career fascinated his contemporaries and continues to attract historians, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, image makers, cultural theorists and those concerned with manifestations of the extraordinary. D'Eon's significance as a historical figure was already being debated more than 45 years before his death.

Not surprisingly, such sensational material...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826422780
• ISBN13: 9780826422781
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"