The true story of the original transvestite
By University of Leeds Thursday, May 20, 2010
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/News/Feeds/2010/05/sections-academia-news-the-true-story-of-the-original-transvestite/The Chevalier dEon, a minor French diplomat, spy and renegade who died 200 years ago this week, was a man ahead of his time.
After a distinguished career as a man he lived the second half of his life as a woman in an era when cross-dressing was largely unknown.
A new book, The Chevalier d'Eon and his Worlds, produced by a team of academics centred on the University of Leeds, gives a new perspective of his career and portrayal in art and literature.
