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Title Little demon in the city of light [sound recording audiobook download] : a true story of murder and mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris / Steven Levingston.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2014.
Description 1 online resource (1 audio file) : digital.
Edition Unabridged.


Performer Read by John Lee.
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...
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: OverDrive Listen.
Format: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook.
Requires OverDrive app 3.0 (Windows) / 1.0 (Mac) / 1.0 (Windows Mobile)
Subject Gouffé, Augustin Toussaint, 1840-1889.
Eyraud, Michel, 1843-1891.
Bompard, Gabrielle, 1868-1920.
Murder -- France -- Paris -- Case studies.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Genre Talking books.
Audiobooks.
Add'l Names Lee, John, narrator.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9780449013007
STANDARD # BE2750D2-DCED-45B5-8582-51D8E1E1D565 OverDrive