Rachel Beanland's historical novel chronicles the burning of a theater and its aftermath in Virginia in 1811, while also tackling the rampant racism and misogyny of the times in the process.
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“It was the largest urban tragedy to occur in the United States at that time, so it was akin to that day's 9/11,” Danielle Worthing Porter with Historic Richmond said.
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