Alias Grace
by Atwood, Margaret
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1860492592
- ISBN 13
- 9781860492594
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Synopsis
Alias Grace is a historical fiction novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. First published in 1996 by McClelland & Stewart, it won the Canadian Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The story is about the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Upper Canada. Two servants of the Kinnear household, Grace Marks and James McDermott, were convicted of the crime. McDermott was hung and Marks was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8631
- Title
- Alias Grace
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1860492592
- ISBN 13
- 9781860492594
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BZDB137 margaret atwood, canada, nineteenth century, grace marks, Fiction; Canada; 19th century; ISBN: 1860492592 EAN: 9781860492594 Atwood, Margaret Alias Grace
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