| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 Belle Epoque politics and culture |
| Analysis |
Murder Trials |
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France |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-291) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Caillaux, Henriette
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Caillaux, Joseph, 1863-1944.
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Calmette, Gaston, 1858-1914 -- Assassination
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Caillaux, Henriette fast |
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Caillaux, Joseph, 1863-1944 fast |
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Calmette, Gaston, 1858-1914 fast |
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Caillaux, Henriette. swd |
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Statesmen's spouses -- France -- Biography
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Sex discrimination -- France -- History -- 20th century
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Press and politics -- France -- History -- 20th century
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Political culture -- France -- History -- 20th century
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Statesmen's spouses -- France -- Biography
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TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Assassination
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Press and politics
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Sex discrimination
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Statesmen's spouses
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Prozess
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Politieke cultuur.
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Moorden.
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Processen (rechtspraak)
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051483
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| Subject |
France
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520914438 |
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0520914430 |
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1283409097 |
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9781283409094 |
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