The Quality of Mercy: A Revolutionary Lady's Tale

The novel blends fact, fiction, and speculation about Mercy Otis Warren, a self-educated eighteenth-century woman, and accomplished dramatist, poet, pamphleteer, historian, propagandist, and consummate letter writer, preparing a fictional journal of her life. This unique woman was recognized by the founding fathers as an expert in English Constitutional and Common Law, and participant in and contributor to the debates prior to and during the revolution receiving the title, "Conscience of th...