Author: | Edward Berenson | ISBN: | 9780520914438 |
Publisher: | University of California Press | Publication: | January 15, 1992 |
Imprint: | University of California Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Edward Berenson |
ISBN: | 9780520914438 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Publication: | January 15, 1992 |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Language: | English |
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.
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.