The Curious Life of Gisle d'Estoc
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. To Hell and Back (the Present) 2. Gisle d'Estoc and World War II (the 1930s) 3. A Storm in a Teacup and a Bomb in a Flowerpot (the 1890s) 4. An Interlude (No Time in Particular) 5. Gisle d'Estoc When She Was Real (the 1870s) 6. Gisle d'Estoc and Who She Wasn't (the 1960s) Afterword Chronology Notes Works Cited