Little Demon in the City of Light
The inside of the book is clean and the binding is in good condition. Slight stains on the outside edge of pages. Slight fraying on the edges of the book cover. Slight stains on the edges of the book cover. A bad tear on the bottom front of the dust cover. Stains all over the dust cover. Sticker residue on the spine of the dust cover. Slight fraying on the edges of the dust cover.
PRODUCT INFO
- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday; 1st Edition edition (February 25, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385536038
- ISBN-13: 978-0385536035
- Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Little Demon in the City of Light is the thrilling�and so wonderfully French�story of a gruesome 1889 murder of a lascivious court official at the hands of a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress and the international manhunt, sensational trial, and an inquiry into the limits of hypnotic power that ensued.
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 Toussaint-Augustin Gouff� entered 3, rue Tronson du Coudray, he expected nothing but a delightful assignation with the comely young Gabrielle Bompard. Instead, he was murdered�hanged!�by her and her companion Michel Eyraud. The body was then stuffed in a trunk and dumped on a riverbank near Lyon.
As the inquiry into the guilt or innocence of the woman the French tabloids dubbed the "Little Demon" escalated, the most respected minds in France debated whether Gabrielle Bompard was the pawn of her mesmerizing lover or simply a coldly calculating murderess. And, at the burning center of it all: Could hypnosis force people to commit crimes against their will?