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A reconstruction of the trial of Henriette Caillaux, the wife of a French cabinet minister who murdered one of her husband's enemies - Le Figaro editor Gaston Calmette - on the eve of World War I. The study draws a portrait of Belle Epoque politics and cultural mores.

Table of Contents
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

The Trial of Madame Caillaux

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 15 December 1993
      ISBN-13 9780520084285
      978-0520084285
      ISBN-10 0520084284
      Also in:
      Social and cultural history Crime and criminology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A reconstruction of the trial of Henriette Caillaux, the wife of a French cabinet minister who murdered one of her husband's enemies - Le Figaro editor Gaston Calmette - on the eve of World War I. The study draws a portrait of Belle Epoque politics and cultural mores.

      Table of Contents
      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

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