Bibliograph

The glassmaker's wife, a novel, Lee Martin

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The glassmaker's wife, a novel, Lee Martin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The glassmaker's wife

Oclc number

1295213655

Responsibility statement

Lee Martin

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"In August of 1844, a man named Leonard Reed takes violently ill at his home near Heathsville, Illinois, and four days later he is dead. The cause? Arsenic poisoning. The suspect? His wife, Betsey. The chief witnesses against her? A hired girl, Eveline Deal, and the local apothecary, James Logan. The evidence? Eveline claims she saw Betsey put a pinch of white powder in Leonard's coffee. Betsey Reed, a woman who dabbles in herbal healing, is known about town as a witch. As the gossip and the circumstantial evidence mount, Betsey finds herself under the shadow of a trial--and a noose. A historical crime inspired by the true story of Betsey Reed, Lee Martin's latest weaves a tale of a pinch of white powder, a scorched paper, a community hungry for a villain, and a young girl's first taste of revenge--but above all, of the contradictions and imperfections of the human heart"--, Back cover

Target audience

adult

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Glass maker's wife

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