{"product_id":"lieutenant-nun-memoir-of-a-basque-transvestite-in-the-new-world","title":"Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World","description":"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. Distinguished for her fighting skills and cursed with a quick temper, Catalina de Erauso spent much of her life balancing precariously between valor and villainy.\nOne of the earliest known autobiographies by a woman, Lieutenant Nun offers a portrait of a bold young girl who defied her society's gender roles, yet remained committed to its service as a participant in the conquest of the Americas. She is an adored folkloric hero of the Spanish-speaking world, and this delightful translation introduces a new audience to the audacious escapades of Catalina de Erauso, the Lieutenant Nun.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0807070726\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.0807070726.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Erauso, Catalina De|Stepto, Michele|Stepto, Gabriel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition.  Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46286787838149,"sku":"LFV.0807070726.VG","price":18.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/0807070726-0.jpg?v=1779987998","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/lieutenant-nun-memoir-of-a-basque-transvestite-in-the-new-world","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}