The Werewolf of Paris
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The Werewolf of Paris is a Gothic horror novel by American writer Guy Endore. The novel follows Bertrand Caillet, the eponymous werewolf, throughout the tumultuous events of the Franco-Prussian War an
Dust-jacket of 1st edition of The Werewolf of Paris
François Bertrand
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Sergeant François Bertrand, known as the Vampire of Montparnasse, was a sergeant in the French Army. He was arrested in 1849 for necrophilia and jailed for one year. In 1856, he moved to Le Havre. In
The Werewolf of Paris
…Versaillists executed 20,000 commoners before the firing squads in one week." The novel draws inspiration from the true story of the French sergeant, Francois Bertrand, infamous as "the necrophilic sergeant" or "the vampire of Montparnasse". Between 1848 and 1849, Bertrand experienced brutal fits that led to acts of…
The Vampire, engraving depicting Sergeant François Bertrand, from the Mémoires de M. Claude, chef de la police de sûreté sous le Second Empire, c. 1880