Title: The trial of Madame Caillaux
Description: Edward Berenson recounts the trial of Henriette Caillaux, the wife of a powerful French cabinet minister, who murdered her husband's enemy Le Figaro editor Gaston Calmette, in March 1914, on the eve of World War I. In analyzing this momentous event, Berenson draws a fascinating portrait of Belle Epoque politics and culture.
Subjects: Assassination, Biography, History, Political culture, Politics and government, Press and politics, Sex discrimination, Statesmen's spouses, Caillaux, joseph, 1863-1944, France, politics and government, 1870-1940, Trials Murder, Culture politique - France - Histoire - 20e siècle, Discrimination sexuelle - France - Histoire - 20e siècle, Hommes d'État - France - Conjoints - Biographies, Presse et politique - France - Histoire - 20e siècle, Assassinat, Discrimination sexuelle, Histoire, Presse et politique, Culture politique, Hommes d'État, Conjoints, Biographies, Politique et gouvernement, Prozess, Politieke cultuur, Moorden, Processen (rechtspraak)
Places: France
People: Gaston Calmette (1858-1914), Henriette Caillaux, Joseph Caillaux (1863-1944)
Time periods: 1870-1940, 20th century