Pauline Baydidi lives in Sarthe, where she divides her time between writing and her job as a lawyer. After publishing her novel, "Forbidden Borders," in 2013, she collaborated on a collection of short stories with the Pays de la Loire Authors Club. Passionate about history and life stories, she enjoys tracing the customs of yesteryear while incorporating them into a novelistic work that transcends them. With "The Secret of the Mastiff," she offers you a new journey, the surprising destiny of a privateer from the great century. A must-read.