The Maiden of Tonnerre: The Vicissitudes of the Chevalier and the Chevalière D'Eon
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Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont was born in 1728. Raised as a boy, he was educated as a lawyer and entered the service of Louis XV as a diplomat. In 1756 he was sent to the Russian imperial court as a spy and was said to have dressed as a young woman to gain the confidence of the Empress Elizabeth. He later served in Russia (as a man) as secretary to the French ambassador. Returning to France in 1761, he was appointed a captain of the elite Dragoons, and after the Treaty of Paris in 1762 went to England as a diplomat and spy. During that time persistent rumours that he was in fact a woman arose, and he did nothing to dispel them. By 1777 he was officially recognized as female in both England and France. Recalled to France, he was reluctantly compelled by Louis XVI to give up his male attire. In 1785 he published his autobiography, which presented much of his experience in religious terms, and he moved back to London. He lived there as a woman until his death in 1810, at which time his body was discovered to be unambiguously male.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801866871
ISBN13:9780801866876
Release Date:August 2001
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:207 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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