Levingston, Steven. <br/><br/>
Little demon in the city of light :  a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Époque Paris / 
Steven Levingston. 
 - First edition. 
 - 333 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333). 
<br/><br/> "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. When Alexandre-Toussaint Gouffe entered a Parisian building at 3 rue Tronson Ducoudray for what he thought would be a delightful assignation with the comely young Gabrielle Bompard, only to be murdered--hanged!--by her and her ruthless companion Michel Eyraud, stuffed in a trunk, and dumped on a riverbank near Lyon, that question became the burning center of an inquiry into  the guilt or innocence of a woman the French tabloids dubbed "The Little  Demon.""-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385536035 (hbk.) 0385536038 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013020525 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gouffé, Augustin Toussaint, 1840-1889. <br/>Eyraud, Michel, 1843-1891. <br/>Bompard, Gabrielle, 1868-1920. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Murder--France--Paris--Case studies.<br/>Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century.<br/>TRUE CRIME / Murder / General.<br/>HISTORY / Europe / France.<br/>PSYCHOLOGY / Hypnotism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6535.F8  / P364 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.152/3092