Well, the article does also reference Salomon Reinach, Fernand Fleuret & Jean-Pierre Bayard, plus Revolutionary pamphleteer Joseph La Vallée. As soon as the trial record was published in translation, there was a definite movement towards doubting the verdict of the trial; certain biographers, notably Bataille and Gabory, were very aware of this & attempted to defend the status quo with attacks on Reinach's credibility. Prouteau was not a researcher, he was a novelist; his case rested very heavily on twentieth century writers.

So, yes, I AM Gilles de Rais' representative on earth, but I'm not the first in line & nor will I be the last.