La Constance de la louve | Cécile Baudin

EAN : 9782258206304

Shaping : BROCHE

Pages : 496

Size : 140 x 225 mm

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The Constancy of the She-Wolf

Cécile Baudin

Collection : Terres de France

Release date : 14/03/2024

Lozère, end of winter 1835. A young medical student is found dead, as if asleep, at the foot of the insane asylum where he was training. Everything indicates that he got lost in the snowstorm that raged the previous night.

However, the Justice of the Peace of Saint Alban, who is... Lozère, end of winter 1835. A young medical student is found dead, as if asleep, at the foot of the insane asylum where he was training. Everything indicates that he got lost in the snowstorm that raged the previous night.

However, the Justice of the Peace of Saint Alban, who is also a wolf lieutenant, questions this strange death. Assisted by a nurse from the asylum, he uncovers a series of inconsistencies and disturbing clues. The still fresh trail will lead him to the neighboring canton, where he will unearth other mysteries, older and darker, which clearly involve the local notables. A recurring pattern seems to emerge behind dramas that were perhaps too quickly attributed to the fatalities of the time. To solve the riddle, the solitary Judge will have to surround himself with an eclectic team and question his certainties, even if it means lowering his own guard. But at what cost?

In the rural setting of the early 19th century, the specter of the Beast of Gévaudan still hovers over the mountains of Margeride, while the great scientific and technological revolutions are awaited. Wolves are being eradicated in the forests, while other predators, humans, discreetly share the privileges that did not disappear with the Revolution. The postures of one and all seem to belong to an immutable order. However, like wolves, even the powerful have their predators, all the more formidable because they have nothing to lose…

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EAN : 9782258206304

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Pages : 496

Size : 140 x 225 mm

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