Mita Choudhury is Professor of History at Vassar College.

“Choudhury is a reliable guide to this often difficult material. She knows the world of eighteenth-century French Catholicism well, and has deftly untangled the case’s legal complexities.”—David A. Bell London Review of Books

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Girard/Cadière Relationship1A Community of Faith2The Meeting of Two Souls3Unraveling and BetrayalThe Trial4Becoming a Cause Célèbre5Arguing the Case6Before the CourtsBeyond the Grand’Chambre7Public Opinion and the Story of the Wanton Jesuit8The AftermathEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

Mita Choudhury is Professor of History at Vassar College.

“Choudhury is a reliable guide to this often difficult material. She knows the world of eighteenth-century French Catholicism well, and has deftly untangled the case’s legal complexities.”—David A. Bell London Review of Books

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Girard/Cadière Relationship1A Community of Faith2The Meeting of Two Souls3Unraveling and BetrayalThe Trial4Becoming a Cause Célèbre5Arguing the Case6Before the CourtsBeyond the Grand’Chambre7Public Opinion and the Story of the Wanton Jesuit8The AftermathEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

Mita Choudhury is Professor of History at Vassar College.

“Choudhury is a reliable guide to this often difficult material. She knows the world of eighteenth-century French Catholicism well, and has deftly untangled the case’s legal complexities.”—David A. Bell London Review of Books

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Girard/Cadière Relationship1A Community of Faith2The Meeting of Two Souls3Unraveling and BetrayalThe Trial4Becoming a Cause Célèbre5Arguing the Case6Before the CourtsBeyond the Grand’Chambre7Public Opinion and the Story of the Wanton Jesuit8The AftermathEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex