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The heretic's daughter : a novel / Kathleen Kent.

By:

Kent, Kathleen, 1953-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 332 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780316024488
0316024481

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction.

DDC classification:

813/.6KEN 22

LOC classification:

PS3611.E674 H47 2008

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Summary: Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	INES Library	813/.6KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	2018-18276

Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived.

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