Edward Berenson 
The Trial of Madame Caillaux [EPUB ebook] 

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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.

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Table of Content

List of Illustrations                            
   Acknowledgments                                  
   Prologue                                          
1. Henriette Caillaux and the Crime of Passion      
2. Joseph Caillaux: The Politics of Personality     
3. Henriette Caillaux: Femininity, Feminism, and the Real Woman                                       
4. Berthe Gueydan: The Politics of Divorce         
5. Judge Albanel: Masculinity, Honor, and the Duel 
6. Gaston Calmette: The Power and Venality of the Press                                           
   Epilogue                                        
   Notes                                           
   Index                                           
 

About the author

Edward Berenson is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of Populist Religion and Left-Wing Politics in France, 1830-1852 (1984).

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 296 ● ISBN 9780520914438 ● File size 2.1 MB ● Publisher University of California Press ● Published 1992 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6500096 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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