The invited guest Grace

This novel - based on real events - takes place in the 19th century in Canada, where Grace Marks, at age 16, is condemned as an accomplice in the murder of her master and his housekeeper. It is no surprise that the story attracted the opinions of both the press and the public, as it contains a mixture of love and violence. There is something intriguing about a beautiful girl accused of violence, attracting the curiosity of psychologists, writers, and anyone trying to understand the human condition through its most extreme forms. The value of the work lies in its language and in revealing the opinions of that time about the nature of women, and in its depiction of a century in which women had no power except when sitting at the round table to communicate with spirits.