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By Edward Berenson

Edward Berenson recounts the trial of Henriette Caillaux, the spouse of a strong French cupboard minister, who murdered her husband's enemy Le Figaro editor Gaston Calmette, in March 1914, at the eve of worldwide conflict I. In reading this momentous occasion, Berenson attracts a desirable portrait of Belle Epoque politics and culture.

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