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Just Deceits

by Michael Schein · 2008

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Virginia, 1793: the leading family of the colony is shaken when Richard Randolph and his sister-in-law Nancy Randolph face charges of adultery and the killing of an infant. Drawing on real events, the novel follows the courtroom contest between a defense team led by the famed orator Patrick Henry and the rising lawyer John Marshall. As they work to keep their clients from the gallows, they must untangle a web of family loyalties, rival interests and hard questions about what actually happened.

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Georgian and 18th centuryGeorgian and 18th centuryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishistorical mysteryhistorical mysteryMore like thisLess of thislegal thrillerlegal thrillerMore like thisLess of this
Themes
courtroomcourtroomMore like thisLess of this
Setting
18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of thisVirginiaVirginiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 328 pages

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