Top fireside reads

After a good run on the slopes or a splash in the aquatic center, it’s time to curl up by the fire with a good book! Hot chocolate in hand, immerse yourself in a book telling a piece of the history of our beloved Vercors. Here are our favorite 100% Vercors reads!

Published on 13 February 2024

The Last Queen Jean-Marc Rochette

This graphic novel plunges us into the aftermath of the 14-18 war. Édouard Roux, a broken man, finds refuge in the studio of animal sculptor Jeanne Sauvage. She gives him a new face, and in exchange Édouard introduces him to the majesty of the Vercors plateau and the story of the last bear.

💚 Expressive drawings, Vercors landscapes

🤓 Discover the Maison du Patrimoine, the railway and the Villard de Lans station in the post-war era.

VERCORS Luca Melcarne

Young wildlife photographer Luca Melcarne gracefully draws us into his poetic world. At just 24, he recently won the prestigious “Rising Star” award in the renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Luca Melcarne invites us to share his unique view of nature, revealing magical moments and subtle details unique to Vercors wildlife.

It’s a favorite 💚 of Françoise from Librairie Au Temps Retrouvé “Photos like we’re not used to seeing”, she points out. These words reveal the singularity and originality of this project, partly carried out in the heart of the Hauts Plateaux du Vercors reserve.

Les compagnons de la libération Jean-Yves Le Naour - Claude Plumail

This comic book parachutes us into the maquis in 1944. Pierre, a young maquisard, is a liaison officer in the Vercors. In 1990, he returns to the scene, in the town of Vassieux-en-Vercors, with his 15-year-old granddaughter and passes on a piece of history and memory by telling her about his maquis.

💚 Discover a piece of history in a more playful way for big kids! (not suitable for very young audiences)

Sacrifiee Du Vercors Lecture Paul Zanoli 1 Min

La Sacrifiée du Vercors François Médéline

This novel plunges us into a fictional setting on the Vercors plateau in 1944. Marie Valette, aged 24, is found raped and dead in a forest. Georges Duroy, police commissioner, and Judith Ashton, a young American war photographer, investigate the events leading up to her death and the culprits.

💚 A story reflecting the Vercors of 1944. Fans of historical thrillers will be immersed in the tension between resistance fighters, militiamen and the inhabitants of the Vercors Plateau.

Where to find your next read?

Librairie Au Temps Retrouvé

Mediathek Georges Perec