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Little demon in the City of Light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris Cover Image Book Book

Little demon in the City of Light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris

Levingston, Steven (author.).

Summary: "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."--

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  • ISBN: 9780385536035
  • ISBN: 0385536038
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    333 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-333).

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Subject: Gouffé, Augustin Toussaint -- 1840-1889
Eyraud, Michel -- 1843-1891
Bompard, Gabrielle -- 1868-1920
Murder -- France -- Paris -- Case studies
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

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Prince Rupert Library 364.152 Levi (Text) 33294001965300 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
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