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Wolf-Hunting in France in the Reign of Louis XV: The Beast of the Gevaudan (Hardcover)
by Richard H. Thompson (Author)
  4.7 out of 5 stars 3 customer reviews (3 customer reviews)  

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  • Hardcover: 367 pages
  • Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press (February 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0889467463
  • ISBN-13: 978-0889467460
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars 3 customer reviews (3 customer reviews)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars IN THE END WORTH THE PRICE., March 9, 2002
I stumbled across this book looking for anything I could find on the Beast of the Gevaudan after seeing the movie The Brotherhood of the Wolf. I was very interested to find out that this movie was based loosely on a real French legend.
Though the author tends to stray from the point sometimes this book has some INCREDIBLE facts about this true story. This alone for me made the book worth the price. The author goes through and accounts for all of the reported attacks that are documented. The accounts are very detailed and truly scary. Also he does a great job of telling how the Beast was finally killed.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in finding out about the The Beast of the Gevaudan.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Account in English of the Beast's Career, July 25, 2004
By Beast-Watcher (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
Ever since encountering the story of the Beast of the Gevaudan in Montague Summers' The Werewolf in my younger years (2 decades ago), I have searched for a fuller account. Mr. Thompson's work far exceeded my expectations when I chanced upon it - he covers in great detail all the victims and traces the full drama of 1764 to 1767 as the Beast is hunted by Duhamel, Denneval, Antoine de Beauterne, and finally killed by Jean Chastel. After a death tally of 100+, just what was it? A wolf? Crossbred monster? Was there only one? Or two?

Thompson's scholarship is impeccable, and includes a bibliographic appendix listing all known records and studies of the Beast up until 1991 (when this tome was published). Although somewhat costly, I concur with the previous review - it is well worth the price if you want to know about the Beast. I have re-read this work three times to digest all the detail. Finally, scholarship doesn't have to be boring - Thompson has written in a style that strikes one as almost a novel. Before you know it, 50 pages have passed and you find a need to pause to catch your breath.

I give this one my highest recommendation - grab it before it goes out of print.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Serious, scholarly work, December 30, 2005