Guerre. Martin Guerre was originally from Hendaye a small village in the French Basque. At a young age‚ Martin‚ his parents and uncle fled their homestead leaving behind their ancestral property. When the family became well settled in the village of Artigat‚ a marriage contract between Martin‚ age 14‚ and Bertrand de Rols‚ a mere child‚ was drawn. After some years have passed‚ Martin reluctantly “stole” a small quantity of grain from his father‚ the guilt and embarrassing situation soon drove him out
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ten to fifteen years earlier‚ and being able to talk about business with Pierre Guerre. Davis points to Le Sueur’s account of the trial to how Arnaud was able to learn about Martin life before he left. “Bertrande and Arnaud did not go directly to Artigat…by stayed at the inn for some days when she tended him for an illness.” Bertrande told Arnaud everything on the life of Guerre and all of his trappings. Davis backing to this is that Arnaud never meet Guerre and that is what Finlay points to they
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