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The Beast That France Needed: A Historical Fiction Novella inspired by The Beast of Gévaudan in 1764
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ISBN13: 9798171250898
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the hills of Gévaudan in 1764, parish clerk Pierre Vial records the deaths attributed to a ferocious beast while rumor, church authority, and printed images turn fear into a story France can use. As attacks spread and officials demand a clean account, Pierre must decide what a record owes the dead.
Historical fiction inspired by historical reports, with invented private lives, dialogue, and connective scenes.Content warning: This book includes child death, attacks on children, graphic violence, grief, and descriptions of injured and dead bodies.
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