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The trial of Madame Caillaux

Berenson, Edward 1949- (Author).

Summary: Edward Berenson recounts the trial of Henriette Caillaux, the wife of a powerful French cabinet minister, who murdered her husband's enemy Le Figaro editor Gaston Calmette, in March 1914, on the eve of World War I. In analyzing this momentous event, Berenson draws a fascinating portrait of Belle Epoque politics and culture.

Record details

ISBN: 9780520914438 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0520914430 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0520073479
ISBN: 9780520073470
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xii, 296 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-291) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Henriette Caillaux and the crime of passion -- Joseph Caillaux : the politics of personality -- Henriette Caillaux : femininity, feminism, and the real woman -- Berthe Gueydan : the politcis of divorce -- Jodge Alnael : masculinity, honor, and the duel -- Gason Calmette : the power and venality of the press.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.