A beautiful but amoral gypsy girl entices a young dragoon to betray his honor and get cashiered from the service, and for her sake he soon turns to a life of crime.
Books with substantial mentioning of The Loves of Carmen
Peter William Evans,
Putting the Blame on carmen: The Rita Hayworth Version, in: Chris Perriam, Ann Davies (Eds), Carmen, Amsterdam - New York, NY, 2005