The Heretic's Daughter
by:
Kathleen Kent (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780230704435 (0230704433)
Publish date: August 1st 2009
Publisher: Macmillan
Pages no: 332
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Paranormal,
Witches,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Drama,
17th Century,
Witchcraft
This is the second book of Kathleen Kent's that I've read, and I'm definitely a fan. This I guess is a prequel to The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel - Kathleen Kent and is loosely based off her family history and local Massachusetts historical lore. I found it to be a gripping, believable account, a...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/10/review-heretics-daughter-by-kathleen.html
Really enjoyed this book - great view of the hysteria of the Salem witch trials and the impact it had on innocent victims.
As a modern-day Pagan, with roots in modern Wicca, I was incredibly excited to finally find this title used, for cheap (hey, I was unemployed for a long time). I had been wanting to read it for quite some time, as I have read a fuckload about the Salem Witch Trials, and love to visit the place. To...
Haunting and evocative, this reads like literary second-world fantasy. A beautiful book.
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