Fact-based story of Grace Marks, a sixteen-year-old girl who received a life sentence in 1843 for allegedly taking part in the murder of her employer and his lover, but whose case continued to stir debate throughout her prison stay, resulting in her release in 1872.
year: 1996, 1997
call number/section: 1000
subjects: marks, grace, fiction, murder, canada, history, 19th century, fiction, women murderers, trials (murder), homicide, trials (homicide)
Editions
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
Nan A. Talese (1996)
Fact-based story of Grace Marks, a sixteen-year-old girl who received a life sentence in 1843 for allegedly taking part in the murder of her employer and his lover, but whose case continued to stir debate throughout her prison stay, resulting in her release in 1872.
Schools: 11
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
Anchor Books (1997)
Fact-based story of Grace Marks, a sixteen-year-old girl who received a life sentence in 1843 for allegedly taking part in the murder of her employer and his lover, but whose case continued to stir debate throughout her prison stay, resulting in her release in 1872.
Schools: 4