The Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870 by Alain Corbin

The Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870

Alain Corbin with Arthur Goldhammer (Translator)

172 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark reflective slow-paced
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In August 1870, during a fair in the isolated French village of Hautefaye, a gruesome murder was committed in broad daylight that aroused the indignation of the entire country. A young nobleman, falsely accused of shouting republican slogans, was ...

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