Buy this book on-line Erauso, Catalina De : Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New WorldBeacon Press, Boston, 1996 ISBN 0807070726
80pp. Translated by Michele and Gabriel Stepto Born in 1585, Catalina de Erauso led one of the most wildly fantastic lives of any woman in history. Refusing to be regimented into the quiet habits of a nun's life, she escaped from a Basque convent at age fourteen dressed as a man, and continuing her deception, ventured to Peru and Chile as a soldier in the Spanish army. After mistakenly killing her own brother in a duel, she roamed the Andean highlands, becoming a gambler and a killer, and always just evading the grasp of the law, Thin 8vo, Fine in Fine DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Erauso, Catalina De : Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, libri antichi, out-of-print books, livres anciens and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |