Alias Grace
A fictionalized account of Grace Marks, a maid who murdered her employer and his mistress in Canada in 1843. A stablehand who was her accomplice and who claimed she put him up to it was hung for the crime, while she ended up in a lunatic asylum. The novel analyzes the question: was she actually less guilty, crazy, or smarter?
GenresMarks, GraceFictionWomen murderersTrials (Murder)MurderCanada
468 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 1996 by Nan A. Talese · ISBN 9780385475716
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Editions
2 editions
English
- Alias Grace · Nan A. Talese · 1996 · ISBN 9780385475716 · 1 reader This page
German
- alias Grace · Goldmann · 1998 · ISBN 9783442723430
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