Confessions of Nat Turner
Author: William Styron
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE,,In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of ‘that peculiar institution’. William Styron’s ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner’s confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruel….Read More
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