Bibliograph

The heretic's daughter, by Kathleen Kent

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Label

The heretic's daughter, by Kathleen Kent

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Adult

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The heretic's daughter

Oclc number

648101288

Responsibility statement

by Kathleen Kent

Summary

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. Young Sarah Carrier is bright and wilful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which her family lives. Her father is English in origin, quietly stoical but with a secret history. When her mother Martha, a herbalist, is accused of witchcraft, she makes Sarah promise not to stand up for her in court. As Sarah and her brothers are hauled into the prison themselves, the vicious cruelty of the trials becomes apparent. The Carrier family, starved and deprived of any decency, have to battle their way through the hysteria with the sheer willpower their mother has taught them

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