| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
9 audio discs (11 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Read by John Lee. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Duration: 11:00:00. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
GLASBKCD |
| Subject |
Murder -- France -- Paris -- Case studies.
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Gouffé, Augustin Toussaint, 1840-1889.
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Eyraud, Michel, 1843-1891.
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Bompard, Gabrielle, 1868-1920.
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Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Lee, John Rafter.
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| ISBN |
9780449012994: $40.00 |
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0449012999: $40.00 |
| Music No. |
RHA 3846 Random House Audio |
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