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Amalia's tale : an impoverished peasant woman, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice

Author: David I Kertzer
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Amalia Bagnacavalli; Augusto Barbieri; Amalia Bagnacavalli; Augusto Barbieri
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David I Kertzer
ISBN: 9780618551064 0618551069
OCLC Number: 85692889
Description: xii, 237 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: An unexpected visitor -- The fateful day -- The first signs -- Suing the count -- The mercury treatment -- The trial begins -- Disputing the doctor -- The parade of the syphilitic peasants -- The psychiatrist's attack -- The miserly syphilologist -- A new champion -- Conflicting opinions -- The tribunal decides -- Amalia's appeal -- The loan -- The counteroffensive -- Mixed news from the supreme court -- A split decision -- A staggering sum -- Amalia's lawyer submits his bill -- Lives lost and lives saved -- Aristocrats, lawyers, doctors, and peasants : Amalia looks back.
Other Titles: A poor peasant, an ambitious attorney, and a fight for justice
Responsibility: David I. Kertzer.
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