````A good story, well told, of a sliver of life in Richmond, a small, elite-driven capital city in the young nation\'s most influential state.```` --Publishers Weekly George Wythe clung to the mahogany banister as he inched down the staircase of his comfortable Richmond, Virginia, home.
Hours later, when.
There he found his maid, Lydia Broadnax, and his young protege, Michael Brown, who were also writhing in distress.
Doubled over in agony, he stumbled to the kitchen in search of help. ````A good story, well told, of a sliver of life in Richmond, a small, elite-driven capital city in the young nation\'s most influential state.```` --Publishers Weekly George Wythe clung to the mahogany banister as he inched down the staircase of his comfortable Richmond, Virginia, home
