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The Chevalier d'Eon and his worlds : gender, espionage and politics in the eighteenth century /
Cross-dressing author, envoy, soldier and spy Charles d''Eon de Beaumont''s unusual career fascinated his contemporaries and continues to attract historians, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, image makers, cultural theorists and those concerned with manifestations of the extrao...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England ; New York, New York :
Continuum,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Cross-dressing author, envoy, soldier and spy Charles d''Eon de Beaumont''s unusual career fascinated his contemporaries and continues to attract historians, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, image makers, cultural theorists and those concerned with manifestations of the extraordinary. D''Eon''s significance as a historical figure was already being debated more than 45 years before his death. Not surprisingly, such sensational material has attracted the attention of enthusiasts, scholars and literateurs to ''the strange case of the chevalier d''Eon''. He has also attracted the atte. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441145451 1441145451 |