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The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre

Davis, Natalie Zemon
Lepore, Jill

Paperback

French HistoryGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $19.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date April 13, 2027

ISBN10: 0674308328
ISBN13: 9780674308329
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: Apr 13 2027
Pages: 240
Language: English

A classic account of stolen identity in a sixteenth-century village, by one of the world's greatest modern historians--now in a new edition for the first time in over forty years.

In 1548, a French peasant by the name of Martin Guerre abruptly left his village in the Pyrenees, abandoning his parents, his young wife, and their infant son. When he suddenly reappeared eight years later, he was welcomed home and quickly restored to his status as heir and householder. Yet this Martin Guerre had a secret: He was not Martin Guerre at all, but an imposter named Arnaud du Tilh.

In a now-classic work of historical reconstruction, Natalie Zemon Davis reveals the world of an ordinary family in extraordinary circumstances. What motivated the imposter du Tilh? Why did Bertrande, Martin Guerre's wife, play along despite knowing the truth? As the rest of the Guerre family's suspicions grew, the ruse boiled over into a criminal trial that captured imaginations across the continent. When the true Martin Guerre swaggered into the court and denounced the imposter, du Tilh's fate was all but sealed. Guerre reclaimed his identity, his property, and his wife; du Tilh was sentenced to execution.

Yet the story of the two Martin Guerres continued to captivate, told and retold over the centuries. Presented in a new edition with a foreword from Jill Lepore, The Return of Martin Guerre is an enduring masterpiece that has inspired and influenced generations of historians.

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