Paul Lombard

Paul Lombard was one of France’s top criminal defense lawyers of the 20th century, and at the same time a prolific and talented writer. He was equally passionate about literature and abolishing the death penalty. Lombard wrote on contemporary legal themes as well as such books as By the blood of a prince: the Duke of Enghien, The trial of the King, and the Anthology of neglected poets: from Jean Marot to Samuel Beckett