| The Old Regime Police Blotter I: Bloodshed, Sex & Violence In Pre-Revolutionary France Contributor(s): Chevallier, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1434824152 ISBN-13: 9781434824158 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.43 lbs) 126 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A sourcebook of homicide, suicide, rape and prostitution cases from 18th century France, most from previously untranslated material. Sources include periodicals, police reports and contemporary true crime accounts. Within each subject, material - most of it from the period - is presented in approximate chronological order. Items include: HOMICIDE: The Regent's Relative-The Fatal Pardon-Pardoned, Restricted and Self-Exiled-The Murderer's Missed Pension-Appealing Tactics-The Priest's Awkward Dinner-The Mother And The Sculptor-The Naked Wife Killer-..... SUICIDE: Prison Suicides-The Ruined Father-In-Law-A Bad Novelist Escapes The Galleys-His Death Rather Than Her Dishonor-A Depressed Councilor and a Devoted Courtesan-.... RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT: Forcible Rape (Viol)--Rapists Speak-Half Willingly- Casanova's "happy victim"-The Boast-A False Accusation-A Decent Girl Unnamed -The Breton Servant Girl-The Priest, The Child And The Parent... Rape by Abduction or Seduction (Rapt)... RAPT?: Sade and Rose Keller MIXED CHARGES: A Rival's Rape PROSTITUTION... |