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_aTelfer, J. Buchan _q(John Buchan), _d1830-1907 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe strange career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-03-20 | ||
| 508 | _aSuper Queer Historian and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | ||
| 520 | _a"The Strange Career of the Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont: Minister Plenipotentiary from France to Great Britain in 1763" by Captain J. Buchan Telfer is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the life of the Chevalier D'Eon, a prominent figure in 18th-century France whose ambiguous gender identity and roles as a diplomat and spy during intense political times create a fascinating narrative. The main focus is on D'Eon's unique career, including his secret correspondence for Louis XV and significant interactions within European courts. The opening of the account provides a detailed preface about Louis XV's secret correspondence and reveals D'Eon's early years, background, and training. Telfer sets the stage by discussing D'Eon's role as a secret agent for the King and foreshadows the extraordinary life awaiting the Chevalier. The narrative portrays D'Eon as a complex individual navigating a world that often constrained personal identity within rigid societal norms while simultaneously serving as an influential player in the geopolitical landscape of his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cUnited Kingdom: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885 |
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| 653 | _aFrance -- Foreign relations -- 1715-1774 | ||
| 653 | _aEon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810 | ||
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