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COURTOIS - LoveToKnow Article on COURTOIS (497 words) |
 | Jacques Courtois was born at St Hippolyte, near Besancon, in 1621. |
| Courtois etched, with skill twelve battle-subjects of his own composition. |
| Guillaume Courtois died of gout on the 15th of June 1679. |
| The Advocate (2581 words) |
| Courtois wants nothing to do with being legal counsel for a pig, however the local powers of Abbeville seem strangely eager for him to represent the porker and bring an expedient end to the murder case. |
| The local Seigneur seems indifferent to Courtois' struggle with conscience and tells him there are things a country lawyer just has to do. Samira, a gypsy and Courtois love interest, wants him to defend the pig because it provides food and money for her and her family. |
| Meanwhile Courtois struggles in vain to maintain his image of an idyllic country life, as he slowly discovers there have been other murders and the peaceful community he dreamed of is filled with fear and corruption. |
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