Little demon in the city of light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris /

"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 centur...

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Main Author:	Levingston, Steven
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Doubleday, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	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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