Miscellaneous papers relating to the Chevalier D'Éon : consisting, of letters addressed to him and to Mrs Cole, with draft answers, accounts and memoranda.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

British Library, owner.

AM (Publisher), digitiser.

Series:

Women's voices and life writing, 1600-1968.

Women's voices and life writing, 1600-1968

Language:

English

French

Latin

Subjects (All):

Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810.

Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Catholics.

Etiquette.

Food.

Friendship.

Health.

Leisure.

Literature.

Prayer.

Religion.

Sports.

Women--Social life and customs.

England--Bristol.

England--London.

England--Southampton.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Production:

[Place of production not identified : producer not identified], 1796-1806.

Language Note:

In English, Latin and French.

Summary:

Letters and papers relating to the Chevalier D'Éon, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée D'Éon de Beaumont, covering the period 1796-1806. During this time, D'Éon was living in England following the French Revolution, which had resulted in the loss of their pension and main source of income. Documents include correspondence in French and English between D'Éon and their associates (including their friend and close companion, Mrs Cole), part of a memoir, prayers, accounts and references to their injury at a fencing match in Southampton in 1796.

Notes:

Archive reference: MS 29994

Title from publisher's website.

Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2024. Digitized from a copy held by the British Library and made available by AM.

Description based on resource (viewed March 15, 2024).

OCLC:

1427702990

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.