Trial of Madame Caillaux

Author/Contributor(s):	Berenson, Edward
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	12/15/1993
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.