beforeitsnews.com – Contributed by Alton Parrish (Editor)
The Chevalier d’Eon, a minor French diplomat, spy and renegade who died 200 years ago this month, 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.