La Bête du Gévaudan (The Beast of Gévaudan) (Click on picture to
enlarge it) From 1764 to 1767 a mysterious beast spread terror
in Gévaudan and in the southern region of Auvergne, killing men,
women and children. The beast holds in check the gigantic
battues lead by the most important hunters of the kingdom; she
thwarts all traps, seems to be insensitive to gun shots. More
than a hundred people die under her teeth. Michel Louis delivers
from this famous affair a fascinating story: all attacks from
the beast, all hunts, the terror felt in the countryside and the
heroic actions of some farmers. Also the schemes from the
powerful, excited by the lust of the honors and by the enormous
rewards promised to the killer of the beast. What was this
animal of disconcerting appearance and behavior? We imagine the
presence of sadistic killers in its shadow. Who are they? What
role did they play? Did the personal emissary of King Louis XV
betray the notable and the common people? At the closing of a
meticulous investigatio