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The trial of Madame Caillaux /

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 Bell...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Berenson, Edward, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.