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Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World

By Catalina De Erauso

Book information

Publisher
Beacon Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780807095669, 0807070726, 0807070734
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2325964 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-11-05 04:00:19
Biography & Autobiography; History; Sociology; Non

Description

One of the earliest known autobiographies by a woman, this is the extraordinary tale of Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and went on to live one of the most wildly fantastic lives of any woman in history. A soldier in the Spanish army, she traveled to Peru and Chile, became a gambler, and even mistakenly killed her own brother in a duel. During her lifetime she emerged as the adored folkloric hero of the Spanish-speaking world. This delightful translation of Catalina's own work introduces a new audience to her audacious escapades.

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