The Improbable Story of Martin Guerre

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Like most 16th-century French peasants, Martin Guerre’s life seemed likely to be lost to history. But a strange series of events took place that would so cement the legend surrounding him that we’re talking about him still today, 450 years later.

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0:49.1	Yeri.
0:51.3	That's right.
0:52.3	Interesting History, a dish.
0:55.0	Yes, man.
0:56.0	I remember hearing this story back as an undergrad.
1:00.2	A hot, sexy undergrad.
1:03.4	Boy, where are you?
1:05.7	In learning my history?
1:07.7	Yeah.
1:08.7	I can't remember what class.
1:10.5	Must have been a European history class but this book just always stuck with me.
1:15.0	The Return of Martin Gare by Natalie Zimond Davis.
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