The French General de Jarjayes wanted a boy to carry the family name, but he had a girl. He decided to name her Oscar and was keen to raise her as a boy, so he taught her the arts of combat, fencing,...Read more and horsemanship, so that at the age of fourteen she became commander of the Royal Guard charged with protecting Marie Antoinette.
The French General de Jarjayes wanted a boy to carry the family name, but he had a girl. He decided to name her Oscar and was keen to raise her as a boy, so he taught her the arts...Read more of combat, fencing, and horsemanship, so that at the age of fourteen she became commander of the Royal Guard charged with protecting Marie Antoinette.
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