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Vile Business: The Murder of Duchess Praslin, Part I
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In 1847, servants of Paris’s Hotel Sebastiani rushed to help Duchess Praslin after hearing her screams. This is part one of the murder that sparked a revolution.
Sources:
“ASSASSINAT DE MADAME LA DUCHESSE DE PRASLIN.” L’Ami de la religion, vol. 134. Paris. 1847.
Eubule-Evans, A. “Letter to the Editor.” The Spectator, No. 3,396. 29 July, 1893. P. 16
Greville, William Henry. Henry Greville’s Diary (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1883).
Gronek, Oceane. “Small family murder at the Duke of Choiseul’s.” Chateau Blandy. https://www.chateau-blandy.fr/en/node/303
Loomis, Stanley. A Crime of Passion (New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1967).
Lowndes, Marie Belloc. “The Praslin Murder: A Famous French Mystery Case.” Harper’s Weekly, Vol. LVII, No. 2924. 4 January 1913.
The Mirror Monthly Magazine, Vol II, July to December 1847 (London: Kent and Richards, 1847). P. 185-188.
Savine, Albert. L’assassinat de la Duchess de Praslin (Paris: Louis-Michaud, 1908).
The Spectator, No. 966, Vol. 20. (London: Joseph Clayton, 1847). P. 822-824.
Verdict Press. Crimes of Passion (London: Verdict Press, 1975).
Walton, Gerri. “Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin: Her Murder in 1847.” Geri Walton. 19 August, 2016. Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin: Her Murder in 1847 - geriwalton.com
As well as translated letters and journal entries by Duchess Praslin, 1840-1847.
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