LOUIS XV AND THE GEVAUDAN BEAST

Exceptional destinies

An episode from the series SECRETS OF HISTORY - PORTRAITS

Synopsis

During Louis XV's reign, the Gévaudan region in France was plagued by mysterious deaths attributed to a fearsome beast.

The hunt, which proved extremely difficult, and the questions raised about whether the predator was human or animal, gave rise to a legend that is still alive more than two and a half centuries later.