Image via imdb.com Alias Grace is based on the Margaret Atwood 1996 Historical Fiction novel of the same name about Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young girl who emigrated from Ireland to Canada with her family in the early 19th Century. It's a fictionalized version of the 1843 homicide case. At the age of 16, in 1843, Grace was convicted of killing her employer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross) and his housekeeper/lover, Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin). She was sentenced to death alongside fellow servant James McDermott but only McDermott ended up getting hanged. Grace claimed that she didn't remember anything concerning the murder and it led to a lot of confusion. Some argued that she was the main perpetrator of the act while others say she was coerced by McDermott. After being held prisoner for 15 years at Ontario's Kingston Penitentiary, Grace recounts the story to Dr. Simon Jordan (Edward Holcroft), an Alienist (ancient term for Psychologist/ Psychiatrist) who ...