AuthorNixon, Edna
TitleRoyal spy : The strange case of the Chevalier D'Eon / Edna Nixon
Imprint New York : Reynal, [c1965]
Descript 260 p. : ill ; 23 cm

CONTENT

Origins. -- Political background. -- Le secret du roi. -- The court of St. Petersburg. I. -- The court of St. Petersburg. II. -- Military career. -- The court of St. James. -- The struggle at the French Embassy. -- The Chevalier's triumph and the ambassador's defeat. -- Political reporter. -- Epicene. -- Transvestism (Eonism). -- Nostalgia -- "Animaux extraordinatires" -- The metamorphosis. -- Last years in France. 1777-1785. -- Last years in England. 1785-1810.


SUBJECT

  1. France -- Foreign relations -- 1715-1714
  2. France -- History -- 18th century
  3. Impersonators
  4. female -- France -- Biography
  5. Diplomats -- France -- Biography
  6. Eon de Beaumont
  7. Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d'
  8. 1728-1810

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Political Science Library : Chamnan Collectionช 00346 LIB USE ONLY