The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis

3.61 AVERAGE

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meythegreat's review against another edition

2.75
funny informative slow-paced

thebookhunter's review against another edition

As I've said earlier, I have decided to leave (most) nonfiction works unrated as most times my intentions for nonfiction are different than that of fiction and I feel it is unfair for me as a reviewer to treat them the same. On top of that, I read this book for my French history class, so my judgment is also clouded by that. Nevertheless, I would say I really enjoyed this account of a popular French legend that has been passed down through generations. Although I wouldn't classify the prose of this as anything special, it is typical for most scholarly historical works. I would recommend this to anyone interested in French history!
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raynestorm's review against another edition

2.5
informative mysterious slow-paced
Slow and thick, in my opinion. This isn't   bad by any means, it just isn't for me, or what I thought I was getting when I bought the book.

brimclala's review against another edition

3.0
Read for class

blakeleyreads's review against another edition

4.0
informative medium-paced
read this for my historiography class. very interesting. i enjoyed it. 
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arpharrison's review against another edition

funny informative mysterious reflective fast-paced
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bizzerg's review against another edition

5.0
informative mysterious medium-paced
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abendlied's review against another edition

4.0
informative reflective slow-paced

ebrown95's review against another edition

4.0
Favorite book I read for my course. Interesting story and Zemon-Davis gives great insight.
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tardislibrarian's review against another edition

4.0
An interesting study on a case of stolen identity.

3.5