Steinheil Murder Case Recalls Dreyfus Era Scandals
A long retrospective on Marguerite Steinheil and the triple murder at her Paris home in 1908, linking the case to the Faure era and the Dreyfus affair. The piece outlines Steinheil’s autobiographical claims, police theories, and public sensationalism surrounding high government figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aris
Wilson
Jules Grevy
Bout
France
Dreyfus
Mme. Humbert
French Republic
Mme. Steinheil
Remy Couillard
Mme. Steinbell
Renatn
Paris
Steinhell
Mme. Japy
Mme
Mme. Steinhel
Mme. Steinhell
Perlis
Faure
Parla Press
Couillard
Alexandre Wolff
Mme. Wolff
Couitlard
Steinheil
Republic
Marguerite Steinhbell
Lombroso
Phryne
Marguerite Japy
Beaucourt
Belfort
Montbellard
Department of Justice
Mme. Seinhell
Alexandre Steinheil
Meissonier
Legion
The
Mme. Steinheill
Marat the Star Villain of the French Revolution
The World profile recalls how Marat, nickname star villain, led the Reign of Terror from a Paris sewer hideout. He published The Friend of the People and urged mass executions, with Robespierre and Danton forming a ruling trio. Corday mortally stabbed him in his bath, turning him into a martyr and intensifying cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Paul Marat
France
Frances
Marat
Carlyle
Paris
Teror
Robespierre
Danton
Charlotte Corday
Francois Villon Gutter Genius of Medieval Paris
The article profiles Francois Villon a famed yet mysterious figure from mid fifteenth century Paris. It outlines aliases, a life split between crime and poetic genius, prison episodes and eventual death or obscurity. It notes his verse influence and the paradox of a criminal whose writings endure.
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Francois Villon
Paris
Corbier
Piton
de Montcorbier
Des Leges
Corbeuil
Villon
Guillaume de Villon
Wilson
College of Navarre
Angers
France
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