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Description edit
Jennet Stearne's father hangs witches for a living in Restoration England. But when she witnesses the unjust and horrifying execution of her beloved aunt Isobel, the precocious child decides to make it her life's mission to bring down the Parliamentary Witchcraft Act. Armed with little save... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jennet Stearne: Add a description of this character.
- Dunstan
- Isobel Mowbray
- Walter
- Ben
- Rachel
- Barnaby Cavendish
- Gordon
- Hathorne
- J. S. Crompton
- William
- Tobias
- Rebecca Webster
- Abigail
- Jenny
- Mr Mapes
- Abby
- Hooke
- Hassane
- Belcher
- Mr Franklin
- Mr Newton
- John Tux
- Mrs Totten
- Mr Parris
- Lucifer
- Mrs Sampson
- Slocum
- Creech
- Bella
- Waequashim
- Okommaka
- Von Guericke
- Mr Bledsoe
- Mr Knox
- James
- Mrs Whittle
- Rodwell
- Mr Thurlow
Setting & Locations edit
- Montesquieu
- England
- Philadelphia
- London
- Haverhill
- Colchester
- Heaven
- Salem
- America
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- Principia Mathematica
- Boston
- Ipswich
- Europe
- Algonquin
- Bathsheba
- Delaware
- Merrimack
- Kokokehom
- Schuylkill
- Satanism
- Caribbean
- Providence
- Mirringate
- Pashpishia
- Barbados
- Moot Hall
- Njabulo
- Atlantic
- Madraspatam
- Chelmsford
- Jupiter
- Kautantouwit
- Scotland
- Frankenstein
- Sapodilla
- Paris
- High Street
- Hoosic
- Shawsheen
- Ireland
- Rome
- Italy
- France
- Framingham
- Saxmundham
- East Anglia
First Sentence edit
May I speak candidly, fleshling, one rational creature to another, myself a book and you a reader?
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Morrow (Author)
First Edition edit
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Page Count: 576
Publisher: Add the publisher.
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Page Count: 576
Awards edit
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2007: Science Fiction, #2)
- BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) (Finalist, 2006)
- James Tiptree, Jr. Award (Finalist, 2006, Honor List)
- Locus Fantasy Award (2007, Nominee)
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- Dewey: 813.54
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