Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-05 Pages: 688 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK This eerie tale of psychological horror sees the real inhabitants of turn-of-the-century Princeton fall under the influence of a supernatural power.New Jersey . 1905: soon-to-be commander-in-chief Woodrow Wilson is president of Princeton University.On a nearby farm. Socialist author Upton Sinclair. enjoying the success of his novel "The Jungle". has taken up residence with his family. This is a quiet. bookish community - elite. intellectual and indisputably privileged.But when a savage lynching in a nearby town is hushed up. a horrifying chain of events is initiated - until it becomes apparent that the families of Princeton have been beset by a powerful curse.The Devil has come to this little town and not a soul will be spared "The Accursed" marks new territory for the masterful Joyce Ca...