{"product_id":"cases-of-circumstantial-evidence","title":"Cases of Circumstantial Evidence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first digital version of \u003ci\u003eCases of Circumstantial Evidence,\u003c\/i\u003e a collection of three historical novels by noted American writer Janet Lewis. For the first time, these works have been brought together in a single edition, each with a new introduction by Kevin Haworth:\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Wife of Martin Guerre\u003cbr\u003e\nBased on a notorious trial in sixteenth-century France, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife of Martin Guerre\u003c\/i\u003e follows Bertrande de Rois and her lost-and-returned husband through a tale of impersonation, conspiracy, and small-town intrigue. Their fascinating story has also inspired a bestselling historical study and two films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Martin Guerre.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Trial of Sören Qvist\u003cbr\u003e\nAlthough set in seventeenth-century Denmark, \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Sören Qvist\u003c\/i\u003e has a contemporary feel and has been praised for its intriguing plot and for Lewis’s powerful writing. In this second novel in the \u003ci\u003eCases of Circumstantial Evidence,\u003c\/i\u003e Lewis recounts the story of a murder, an investigation, and a pious town pastor who confesses to the crime, driven perhaps more by a recognition of his own moral flaws than by guilt for the acts of which he stood accused.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Ghost of Monsieur Scarron\u003cbr\u003e\nThe court of Louis XIV and a modest Paris street provide the incongruous settings for this tale of a humble bookbinder, his wife, and the young craftsman who seduces her and blackmails her husband into covering up a terrible crime. This third and last case of circumstantial evidence bristles with character, the smell of blood, and considerable suspense against a backdrop of national political unrest in the cruel and dingy Paris of the seventeenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Janet Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572994146486,"sku":"9780804040563","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780804040563.jpg?v=1727083188","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/cases-of-circumstantial-evidence","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}