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Elegance and Evil : Poems Inspired By Delphine LaLaurie (The Killer's Pallet, #8) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Elegance and Evil: The Chilling Story of Delphine LaLaurie

In the heart of 19th-century New Orleans, among the grand mansions of Royal Street, stood a house cloaked in mystery and unimaginable horror. Delphine LaLaurie, a woman of grace, wealth, and high society, hosted lavish parties and charmed the elitewhile hiding unspeakable atrocities behind her gilded facade.

Elegance and Evil peels back the curtain on LaLaurie's opulent world, exposing the dark secrets that turned her home into a house of nightmares. Through haunting poetry and macabre imagery, this collection delves into the lives of those silenced within her walls, the eerie stillness of her infamous mansion, and the legacy of terror she left behind.

Each verse captures the stark contrast between the refinement she portrayed and the cruelty she wielded. From the flicker of lanterns casting shadows on cracked walls to the muffled cries that echoed through the night, every poem pulls you deeper into the chilling duality of a woman who embodied both beauty and brutality.

This is not just a tale of horrorit's an exploration of power unchecked, humanity betrayed, and the fragile line between elegance and evil. LaLaurie's story is a haunting reminder that the darkest acts often lurk behind the brightest facades, where wealth and privilege can shield the most grotesque atrocities.

Elegance and Evil doesn't glorify her actions but instead seeks to give voice to the forgotten, to the victims whose lives were consumed by her darkness. It's a collection that asks difficult questions: How does evil thrive in the open? What shadows linger in the grandest of places? And how does a name echo through history with equal parts beauty and terror?

Step into the haunted halls of Delphine LaLaurie's world, where every corner whispers of sorrow, every shadow hides a scream, and every gilded surface reflects a truth too horrifying to ignore. Elegance and Evil invites you to confront the legacy of one of history's most infamous figures and to uncover the macabre truths that lie behind the iron gates of her mansion.

Dare to step inside, but bewareonce you enter, the shadows have a way of following you.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Smashed Turtle
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798230864578
• Artikelnr.: 72844098