The Real Bluebeard: The Life of Gilles de Rais

Jean Benedetti
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This work aims to get behind the myths and present the real Bluebeard, Gilles de Rais, one of the most enduring baddies of history. His infamy lives on, the precursor of our own time's serial killers and a founding father of the cult of the child-snatching bogeyman.
Genres: HistoryBiographyTrue CrimeCrimeNonfictionHorrorFranceGayMedieval
207 Pages

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