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EAN : 9782258196933
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 192
Size : 140 x 225 mm
The Impossible Hanged Man of Toulouse

Release date : 04/11/2021
A hanged man among the Protestants? An event guaranteed to awaken old hatreds still aggravated by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. This is also the reason for Voltaire's fury... When his son is discovered strangled (or hanged), Jean Calas is quickly accused of having killed him in order... A hanged man among the Protestants? An event guaranteed to awaken old hatreds still aggravated by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. This is also the reason for Voltaire's fury... When his son is discovered strangled (or hanged), Jean Calas is quickly accused of having killed him in order to prevent him from converting to Catholicism... The fate of Marc-Antoine Calas remains shrouded in darkness to this day. Jean Anglade, at the acme of his well-known talent, suggests a solution and becomes, after Ferney’s host, the advocate of tolerance and supporter of Huguenots.
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EAN : 9782258196933
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 192
Size : 140 x 225 mm
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