{"product_id":"the-werewolf-of-dole-a-magistrates-confession-paperback","title":"The Werewolf of Dole: A Magistrate's Confession - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Baptiste Mercier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Werewolf of Dole: A Magistrate's Confession\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1573, Franche-Comté is terrorized by the disappearance of eleven children. Ambitious magistrate Jean-Baptiste Mercier leads the investigation that captures Gilles Garnier, a starving hermit found over a child's mutilated body. Through systematic torture, Mercier extracts a confession: Garnier claims he made a demonic pact, transformed into a wolf, and hunted children to feed his dying wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trial becomes spectacular theater. Garnier is convicted as a werewolf and burned alive in 1574, establishing legal precedent across Europe. Mercier's career flourishes as his \u003cem\u003eArrest Memorable\u003c\/em\u003e guides hundreds of subsequent werewolf prosecutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut privately, Mercier harbors devastating doubts. Did Garnier truly transform, or was the confession manufactured through torture? Were all eleven crimes his, or were distant murders wrongly consolidated? Most troubling: the precedent he established leads to over 300 executions by 1600-how many burned unjustly?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his final months, the dying magistrate writes a secret testament acknowledging the torture employed, the ambiguous evidence, and the terrible cost of choosing order over truth. Sealed for 157 years, his confession reveals how celebrated justice can mask systematic failure, and how good intentions can forge machinery of persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLet those who come after do better than we did.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 522\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67847114719539,"sku":"9798232503079","price":42.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SrNj_XKjda9798232503079.webp?v=1793487627","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-werewolf-of-dole-a-magistrates-confession-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}