From 1764 to 1767, a savage, unidentified beast sowed terror in the Gévaudan, killing or wounding over two hundred people including many children.
Despite a large mobilization by the authorities, and despite the decision of King Louis XV to send his best wolf hunters, the beast raged for three years across this beautiful part of France, which was terrorized by the ravages of the monster. People thought it was killed several times, only to see it reborn immediately afterwards, multiplying the terror it inflicted! Jean-Claude Bourret studied this extraordinary page of French history for twenty years.
He has put together all the official documents of the period and seems to have pierced the mystery of this beast which has spawned so many theories… was it a trained hyena? A deviant, perverted noble disguised in wolf pelts? A dog of war, dressed in armor? A monster from another world?
So many theories have been put forth! But the truth seems indisputable after the rigorous examination of the journalist, whose great-great grandparents, farmers in the region, saw the beast themselves… This is what you’ll discover in the two volumes of « The Secret of the Beast of Gévaudan », illustrated by Julien Grycan. An amazing true story…exciting!
Year of publication of the current edition : 2010 (64 pages) (two volumes)
Editor : Signe
The author: Jean-Claude Bourret was born in Lyon in 1941 but is originally from Langogne (Lozère), the land of the Beast of Gèvaudan. He began his career at France Inter in 1967. A television news anchor at TF1, and then Le Cinque, he is one of the most popular personalities of the PAF. In parallel to his journalism, he has pursued his passion for UFOs and for the events surrounding the Beast of Gévaudan.
Julien Grycan drew illustrations for the journals « Fripounet and Patapon ». He signed the album « La Ville des Lumières » (Town of Lights) (Elvifrance) and was an assistant to Gilles Chaillet for Vasco (Le Lombard) and to Jacques Martin for Cathédrales (Casterman). Since 2004, he has also been an illustrator for many books published by TEQUI.
