Little Demon in the City of Light : a True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris
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Read by John Lee.
"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.""-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Westminter, MD : Books on Tape, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 9 audio discs (11 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780449012994
0449012999
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Lee, John Rafter.
SUBJECTS
Gouffé, Augustin Toussaint, -- 1840-1889.
Eyraud, Michel, -- 1843-1891.
Bompard, Gabrielle, -- 1868-1920.
Murder -- Paris -- Case studies.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.