The Trial of Madame Caillaux - Paperback

by Edward Berenson (Author)

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.

Front Jacket

What a pleasure it is to read a book by a gifted writer whose exhaustive research results in such thought-provoking insights.--Deirdre Bair, author of Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography

Author Biography

Edward Berenson is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of Populist Religion and Left-Wing Politics in France, 1830-1852 (1984).