About “Or Give Me Death”
Patrick Henry keeps a secret: his wife Sarah, slowly losing her mind, hidden in the cellar as a danger to herself and her children. Daughter Anne has a secret of her own, knowing which child will inherit their mother's madness. Told from the Henry children's viewpoint, the story explores the idea that Patrick Henry's famous cry for liberty may have first been spoken by his wife pleading for her own freedom.
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- ISBN 9780547351117
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