THE BONNOT GANG ? by Richard ParryContents Preface 5 One From illegality to illegalism i Making virtue of necessity 9 ii Saint Max [5 Two Anew beginning i Libertad 27 i City of thieves 28 State of emergency 30 The rebels Brussels 33 ii Paris 42 iii Blood on the streets 44 iv Strike! 45 Four Anarchy in suburbia i The move 47 ii The Romainville commune 5/ iii Collapse of the Romainville commune 57 iv Paris again 60 Five Bonnot i The ‘Little Corporal’ 64 ii In search of work 65 iii The illegalist 66 iv Accidental death of an anarchist 70 Six The gang forms i A meeting of egoists 73 ii Science on the side of the Proletariat 75 iii Looking for a target 76 Seven The birth of tragedy i The first ever hold-up by car 80 ii Crime doesn’t pay 84 iii Jeux sans frontiéres 88 iv Victor’s dilemma 89Thirteen i ii iii Fourteen Kings of the road Drivin’ South 94 The left hand of darkness 97 Stalemate 99 Calm before the storm ‘Simentoff’ 103 Of human bondage 104 Dieudonné in the hot seat 108 Garnier’s challenge 109 Kings of the road (part two) Attack 113 State of siege 117 The Stiveté fights back To catch an anarchist /20 Hide and seek 123 Exit Jouin 126 Twilight of the idols The wrath of Guichard 129 Shoot-out at ‘The Red Nest’ 133 Obituaries /37 To the Nogent station 139 The last battle 142 In the belly of the beast Limbo 147 Judgement 152 Execution 159 The end of anarchism? 166 Epilogue 175 Map of Paris c. 1911 178 Appendix A 179 Bibliography 182 Index 186