Little demon in the city of light : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris

Levingston, Steven. (Author). Narrator. (Added Author).

Summary: The thrilling--and so wonderfully French--story of a gruesome 1889 murder of a lascivious court official by a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress, an international manhunt, a sensational trial, and an inquiry into the limits of hypnotic power. 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...

Record details

ISBN: 9780449013007 (electronic audio bk.)
ISBN: 0449013006 (electronic audio bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 6 min., 16 sec.)) : digital.
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Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2014.