CaptLex
06-14-2006, 09:27 AM
Private Perks is a Terry Pratchet (one of my fav authors) reference to a cross dressing girl who joins the army.
This line from the "name" thread caught my eye, but I thought maybe it deserved it's own thread so I could expand on it without hijacking the previous one.
Coincidentally, I enjoy stories about crossdressing women throughout history (gee, I wonder why) and am currently reading "Lieutenant Nun". It's the memoirs of a woman (Catalina de Erauso) from the early 1600's who was raised in a convent in Spain and ran away around the age of 15 before taking her final vows. She took off for the New World and for approximately 20 years lived as a man and became an officer in the Spanish army. She was eventually found out and became like a celebrity throughout Europe. She was then granted permission by the Pope to live the rest of her life as a man (with full crossdressing privileges) and a pension by the King of Spain. :thumbsup:
Not all stories end happily like this (remember what happened to Joan of Arc), but I'm always on the look out for these kinds of stories - historical, as well as fictional. So, if anyone has read any others please let me know.
Perks, thanks for the info. I'll be looking that one up.
This line from the "name" thread caught my eye, but I thought maybe it deserved it's own thread so I could expand on it without hijacking the previous one.
Coincidentally, I enjoy stories about crossdressing women throughout history (gee, I wonder why) and am currently reading "Lieutenant Nun". It's the memoirs of a woman (Catalina de Erauso) from the early 1600's who was raised in a convent in Spain and ran away around the age of 15 before taking her final vows. She took off for the New World and for approximately 20 years lived as a man and became an officer in the Spanish army. She was eventually found out and became like a celebrity throughout Europe. She was then granted permission by the Pope to live the rest of her life as a man (with full crossdressing privileges) and a pension by the King of Spain. :thumbsup:
Not all stories end happily like this (remember what happened to Joan of Arc), but I'm always on the look out for these kinds of stories - historical, as well as fictional. So, if anyone has read any others please let me know.
Perks, thanks for the info. I'll be looking that one up.