Pillow of Thorns

by Karen Cecil Smith

"An artful, false woman shall set thy pillow with thorns," declares the prosecution in one of North Carolina's most sensational murder trials. Karen Cecil Smith has written a fictionalized story based on the first woman to be tried for murder in Cumberland County, North Carolina. The year is 1850. It is a time of slavery, superstition, and social snobbery. Exotic and shapely beauty Maria Stafford stands accused of killing her prosperous, older husband.From...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615689655
• ISBN13: 9780615689654
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Argus Enterprises International, Incorporated
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"