The Original Blue-Beard - The History of Gilles De Retz
The Original Blue-Beard - The History of Gilles De Retz is Thomas Wilson's 1899 biography of Gilles de Rais (1405-1440), a French knight and lord who led the French army and was one of Joan of Arc's companion-in-arms. Rais lived an extravagant life and even dabbled in the occult before being hanged for a series of child murders in 1440 in Nantes. It is believed that Rais was the inspiration for Bluebeard, a French folktale of a wealthy man who murders all of his wives but his last, whose brothers finally put an end to him and his terrible crimes. Contents include: Gilles De Retz, Gilles as a Soldier, Gille's Life at Home in Brittany, Gilles's…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5287-9233-2
- EAN: 9781528792332
- Produktnummer: 36813691
- Verlag: Read Books Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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