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Little demon in the city of light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris
- Title
- Little demon in the city of light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris / Steven Levingston.
- Author
- Levingston, Steven.
- Publication
- New York : Doubleday, [2014]
- ©2014
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-1112 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 333 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "The thrilling--and so wonderfully French--story of a gruesome 1889 murder of a lascivious court official by a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress, an international manhunt, a sensational trial, and an inquiry into the limits of hypnotic power. In France at the end of the nineteenth century a great debate raged over the question of whether someone could be hypnotically compelled to commit a crime in violation of his or her moral convictions. When Alexandre-Toussaint Gouffe entered a Parisian building at 3 rue Tronson Ducoudray for what he thought would be a delightful assignation with the comely young Gabrielle Bompard, only to be murdered--hanged!--by her and her ruthless companion Michel Eyraud, stuffed in a trunk, and dumped on a riverbank near Lyon, that question became the burning center of an inquiry into the guilt or innocence of a woman the French tabloids dubbed "The Little Demon.""--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333).
- Call Number
- JFE 15-1112
- ISBN
- 9780385536035
- 0385536038
- LCCN
- 2013020525
- OCLC
- 2013020525
- Author
- Levingston, Steven.
- Title
- Little demon in the city of light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris / Steven Levingston.
- Publisher
- New York : Doubleday, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333).
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-1112
