Monsieur d'Eon Is a Woman

A Tale of Political Intrigue and Sexual Masquerade

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Gary Kates

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Born in 1728, French aristocrat Charles d'Eon de Beaumont had served his country as a diplomat, soldier and spy for 15 years when rumours that he was a woman began to circulate in the courts of Europe. D'Eon denied nothing and was finally compelled by Louis XVI to give up male attire and live as a woman, something d'Eon did without complaint for the next three decades. Although celebrated as one of the century's most remarkable women, d'Eon was revealed, after his death in 1810, to have been unambiguously male. Gary Kates's biography of d'Eon recreates 18th-century European society in detail and offers a portrait of an individual who challenged its conventions about gender and identity.

Author Biography:

Gary Kates is dean of the college and vice president for academic affairs at Pomona College. He is co-editor and translator, with Roland A. Champagne and Nina Ekstein, of The Maiden of Tonnerre: The Vicissitudes of the Chevalier and the Chevaliere d'Eon, also available from Johns Hopkins.

Release date NZ

November 16th, 2001

Author

Gary Kates

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

44 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

400

Dimensions

156x235x21

ISBN-13

9780801867316

Product ID

6918038

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