description: Styron, William. The Confessions of Nat Turner. First UK - Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1968. Octavo. XIV, 428 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Confessions of Nat Turner is a 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by U.S. writer William Styron. Presented as a first-person narrative by historical figure Nat Turner, the novel concerns the slave revolt in Virginia in 1831. It is based on The Confessions of Nat The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in 1831. Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. (Wikipedia)
language: English
title: The Confessions of Nat Turner
titlecomplete: The Confessions of Nat Turner
genres: African American, Novels, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics, Historical, Race, Fiction, Literature, American
ratings_count: 14733
places: Virginia
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 28800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal, awardedAt: -63129600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Jonathan Cape