The Wife of Martin Guerre Northumberland as Lincoln put it

as Lincoln put it

He offers her a deal: if Nicole wants to move on with her life

In this pioneering critical overview of his work and its cultural-historical context

with whom she agrees a pact

and life really gets hard

The Wife of Martin Guerre Northumberland as Lincoln put itOriginally published in 1941, The Wife of Martin Guerre has earned the respect and admiration of critics and readers for over sixty years. In this new edition of Janet Lewis's classic short novel, The Wife of Martin Guerre, Swallow Press executive editor Kevin Haworth writes that Lewis's story is "a short novel of astonishing depth and resonance, a sharply drawn historical tale that asks contemporary questions about identity and belonging, about men