Jean Teulé reconstructs each step of one of the most shameful stories in the history of nineteenth-century France in this 'engrossing book' [Kirkus Reviews].
'Terrifyingly convincing' Financial Times
A true story.
Tuesday 16 August 1870, Alain de Monéys, makes his way to the village fair. He plans to buy a heifer for a needy neighbour and find a roofer to repair the roof of the barn of a poor acquaintance.
He arrives at two o'clock. Two hours later, the crowd has gone crazy; they have lynched, tortured, burned and eaten him. How could such a horror be possible?
With frightening precision, Jean Teulé reconstructs each step of one of the most shameful stories in the history of nineteenth-century France.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jean Teule
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 10/14/2014
ISBN: 9781906040390
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.30w x 0.40d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/25/2014
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2014
Jean Teulé reconstructs each step of one of the most shameful stories in the history of nineteenth-century France in this 'engrossing book' [Kirkus Reviews].
'Terrifyingly convincing' Financial Times
A true story.
Tuesday 16 August 1870, Alain de Monéys, makes his way to the village fair. He plans to buy a heifer for a needy neighbour and find a roofer to repair the roof of the barn of a poor acquaintance.
He arrives at two o'clock. Two hours later, the crowd has gone crazy; they have lynched, tortured, burned and eaten him. How could such a horror be possible?
With frightening precision, Jean Teulé reconstructs each step of one of the most shameful stories in the history of nineteenth-century France.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jean Teule
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 10/14/2014
ISBN: 9781906040390
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.30w x 0.40d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/25/2014
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2014
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