![]() ![]() Although it might seem fantastical that a woman might not recognize her husband, the story was plausible and well-told. It did a good job of putting the reader into a 16th century mindset, and the characters were well-developed. The focus of the book was on Bertrand's state of mind. Bertrand begins legal proceedings to have him declared an imposter. When he returns, everyone accepts him as Martin Guerre, but after a while Bertrand begins to suspect otherwise-he is too "nice" to be Martin. ![]() Bertrand expects him to be gone a few months at the most. Martin Guerre is married to Bertrand, and after an argument with his father, with whom he owns and manages a prosperous farm, he takes off for a break. I've wanted to read this book since I saw the movie decades ago, so I immediately checked it out when it showed up on my library feed.īased on an 1874 legal history, this short novel describes the events leading to a legal dispute in 1539. ![]()
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