Catherine Girard, the daughter of the assassin

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Catherine Girard’s book suggests the intensity of the author. Meanwhile, The meeting with this woman with a sharp gaze framed by long curly hair. However, whose speech takes place in bubbling waves, confirms the presentiment. Nevertheless, What we had not imagined. however, when readingIn violence of truth (“In violence, the truth” catherine girard, daughter assassin in Latin), an ardent and meticulous text, of a dark lyricism, is the warm contact that the writer immediately establishes with her interlocutor. However, She specifies: “What people can possibly find sympathetic in my home is features that I took to my father. He was extremely nice. And yet it was an assassin. »»

This homicidal and charming sirer was called Henri Girard (1917-1987). He was 24 years old when. in 1941, he was accused of a triple murder committed at the Château d’Escoire (Dordogne), where his father was killed, Georges, his aunt Amélie and Louise Soudeix, the family servant. Henri Girard was the only other person present that night. No trace of break -in had been noted, and he was the only heir to the important family fortune. In 1943, the talent of his lawyer, Maurice Boy (1889-1967), avoided him the guillotine. Despite this acquittal. suspicion has catherine girard, daughter assassin remained attached to its name in this case which has continued to fascinate the general public over the years. After the war. Henri Girard took, for his activities as a journalist and writer, the pseudonym of Georges Arnaud, under which he has, among other works, published Fear wages (Julliard, 1950).

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