Little demon in the city of light, a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris, Steven Levingston
Type
Label
Little demon in the city of light, a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris, Steven Levingston
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Little demon in the city of light
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
846544744
Responsibility statement
Steven Levingston
Sub title
a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris
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.""--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
adult