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

Contributor(s): Burrows, Simon (Editor), Conlin, Jonathan (Editor), Goulbourne, Russell (Editor), Mainz, Valerie (Editor)

ISBN: 9780826422781

Publisher: Continuum

Hardcover

$200.00

Pub Date: April 23, 2010

Dewey: 944.034092

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 9.20" L x 6.20" W ( 1.25 lbs) 272 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Europe | France | Social Science | Gender Studies

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: These essays draw on new research into Charles d'Eon de Beaumont's unusual life, exploring how a gender identity could come to be negotiated over time.

Brief description:

Russell Golbourne is Professor of Early modern French literature at the University of Leeds.