Download Lieutenant Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World AudioBook Free
Among the earliest recognised autobiographies by a female, this is the extraordinary tale of Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and continued to live one of the most wildly fantastic lives of any woman in history. A soldier in the Spanish military, she journeyed to Peru and Chile, became a gambler, and even mistakenly wiped out her own brother in a duel. During her life-time she surfaced as the adored folkloric hero of the Spanish-speaking world. This delightful translation of Catalina's own work presents a new audience to her audacious escapades.