Gilles de Rais was innocent

"But," Chantelouve went on, "there is one point which I never have been able to understand. I have never been able to explai...

It is a given that all biographies of Gilles de Rais have been influenced by Paul Lacroix, the Bibliophile Jacob , either directly or i...

Everybody who has heard the name of Gilles de Rais knows the outline of his story, together with a few mordant details. He was one of Joan ...

RIP, M. Tournier. One of the good guys, see a previous blog post  here . http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/books/michel-to...

As soon as the moon got up, I walked once more down into the beautiful valley. to enjoy the scenery by that peculiar light. All thre...

Gilles de Rais has fascinated me for many years. I first encountered him when I was a teenager, in a book I had just bought, The Devil And ...