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The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis

3.0

informative medium-paced

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A generally interesting history of the Martin Guerre case. For those familiar with the 1982 movie of the same name, this book provides additional social context, touching on how ethnicity, class, and religion may have played into the outcome of the case. At times the author leans too heavily on unsupported inferences of what might have been, and at other times I don’t feel that she fully connects all of the points that she lays out.