Benét, Stephen. 1898-1943. US poet, writer. Devil and Daniel Webster 1937. John Brown’s Body 1928.

Bogomils. 9-15C. Slavic ascetic Christian cult. All matter created by the devil.

Boxer Rebellion. 1900. Massacre of ‘foreign devils’ by Chinese led to reprisals and Peking Protocol.

Devil’s Island. French Guiana. South American penal colony 1854-1946.

Devil’s Parliament. 1459. Held at Coventry.

Dreyfus, Alfred. 1859-1935. Jewish French officer. Trial divided France, 1894-1906. Unjustly sent to Devil’s Island on forged evidence. Zola. Esterhazy.

Faust(us). c1540 German necromancer/astrologer who is said to have sold his soul to the devil. Goethe, Marlowe tragedies.

French Guiana. 1604 French settle. 1809 France/Portugal. 1816 French. 1852-1946 Penal colonies. Devil’s Is.

Hôtel de Ville, Paris (Town Hall). Designed by Il Bocardo, 1533.

Jolson, Al. 1886-1950. US Vaudeville and Broadway performer. First talking film: The Jazz Singer 1927.

Labiche, Eugène. 1815-88. French writer of plays and vaudevilles. La Clef des Champs 1838.

Mandeville, John. 14C. English author. Travels of John Mandeville, Knight 1356.

Mephistopheles. Faust’s devil.