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Little demon in the city of light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris Cover Image E-book E-book

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

Levingston, Steven (author.).

Summary: Documents the brutal 1889 murder of a lascivious court official by a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress, tracing the ensuing manhunt and sensational trial against period debates about whether someone could be hypnotically compelled to commit crimes.

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  • ISBN: 9780385536042
  • ISBN: 0385536046
  • ISBN: 9780385536035
  • ISBN: 0385536038
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2014]

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