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Author Kent, Kathleen, 1953-

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1316445~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F KENT    AVAILABLE
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Description xiii, 332 pages ; 25 cm
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.
Subject Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Fiction.
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
ISBN 9780316024488
0316024481
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September 30 2010
SRP 2010 REVIEW: Wow! This was a selection for my book club. An astonishing story, and knowing that it was based on the family history of the author made it that much more absorbing.
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