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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Levingston, Steven.     Subjects     Gouffé, Augustin Toussaint, 1840-1889.     Eyraud, Michel, 1843-1891.     Bompard, Gabrielle, 1868-1920.     Hypnotism and crime.     Murder -- France -- Paris -- Case studies.     Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Levingston, Steven.       by title:      Little demon in the ...       by call number:      364.1523 L665L     Search the Web     Levingston, Steven.     Gouffé, Augustin Toussaint, 1840-1889.     Eyraud, Michel, 1843-1891.     Bompard, Gabrielle, 1868-1920.     Hypnotism and crime.     Murder -- France -- Paris -- Case studies.     Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.       MARC Display

Little demon in the city of light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris / Steven Levingston. by Levingston, Steven. Doubleday, c2014. Call #: 364.1523 L665L Subjects Gouffé, Augustin Toussaint, 1840-1889.   Eyraud, Michel, 1843-1891.   Bompard, Gabrielle, 1868-1920.   Hypnotism and crime.   Murder -- France -- Paris -- Case studies.   Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780385536035 (hc.) 0385536038 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  "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 Gouffé 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?"--Dust jacket. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1523 L665L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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