The heretic's daughter : a novel

Kent, Kathleen 1953- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780316024488
ISBN: 0316024481
Physical Description: xiii, 332 p. ; 25 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.

Content descriptions

Summary, etc.:

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.