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Monsieur D'Eon is a woman : a tale of political intrigue and sexual masquerade / Gary Kates.
LIBRA - Special DC135.E6 K37 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kates, Gary, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810.
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'.
- Female impersonators--France--Biography.
- Female impersonators.
- Gender identity.
- History.
- France.
- Diplomats--France--Biography.
- Diplomats.
- France--Foreign relations--1715-1774.
- International relations.
- Gender identity--France--History--18th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 1995.
- Summary:
- Reminiscent of M. Butterfly, this is the mesmerizing true story of an internationally renowned French aristocrat who spent the last thirty-five years of his life purporting to be a woman.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-353) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0465047610
- OCLC:
- 32091247
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