The Wolves of Andover (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Martha Allen: The novel's protagonist, 19 years old and considered by most to be a spinster, is forced to take work as a servant in her cousin's home.
• Thomas Carrier: Welshman hired by Daniel to labor for three years on the Taylors' land. He was described as a quiet "giant."
• Daniel Allen: Husband of Patience who is Martha's cousin. He was given Martha to assist his wife around the home as a servant.
• Patience Allen: Daniel's wife and Martha's cousin.
• Joanna Allen: Daniel and Patience's toddler daughter
• Will Allen: Daniel and Patience's 5 year old son
• John Levistone: Scotsman hired by Daniel to labor for three years on the Taylors' land.
• Henry Bennet: Earl of Arlington and adviser to Charles II
• Tiernan Blood: Son of Irish blacksmith and spy who knows many secrets from servants of aristocracy to the highest levels of English government .
• Sir Joseph Williamson: Catholic who hires Tiernan Blood to lead a nefarious team's assignment.
• Charles II: King of England looking for Puritans in America that killed his father Charles I
• Samuel Crouch: One of Tiernan Blood team who arranged for the team's transportation from England to New England.
• Brudlow: One of Tiernan Blood team known for his strength and speed. His weapon of choice is a short-blade knife.
• Hammett Cornwall: Brudlow's bodyguard and the only one of the team who has ever seen Tiernan Blood. He is known "to break an opponent's neck without beading a sweat."
• Edward Thornton: One of Tiernan Blood team recently from the Dutch wars.
• Baker: One of Tiernan Blood team skilled in torture.
• Anne Carter: Tavern owner where Blood's team meets.
• Georgie: 14 year old eel boy abducted by Blood's team
• Mary Toothaker: Martha's sister
• Roger Toothaker: Surgeon and Martha's brother-in-law
• John Dixwell: Judge who sentenced Charles I to death now living in New Haven.
• George Afton: Given by a Royalist agent to Brudlow in Salem; George was an accomplish to a murder.
• Robert Russell: One of Cromwell's men who drew the short straw used to determine who would behead Charles I.

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• “It means, missus, that the world is a vary large place. Full of mean marshes and moors, as well as meadows an' streams. And if you don't want to bog down and drown yourself, it is keen to learn where to step lightly an' where to tread not at all.”

  Thomas

• “If you wake my sister, I'll purge the both of you till you're as dry as Lot's wife.”

  Martha

• “Gossip is like a poisoned soup...Delicious at first but deadly over time.”

  Martha

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• contentious than agreeable, more irate than placid; but who cherished her family above all else. And when you are asked, tell them you are Martha Carrier’s daughter; that you had a mother who cared for you beyond reason, beyond tepid courtesies, beyond the brief, struggling hollow that is this life. That you are, and

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• “Young woman… be ye ’ware of untrue prophets that come in the cloth of the lamb… for they be wolves… and wolves be footmen to the Beast….”

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• Billerica, Massachusetts: Andrew and Patience's home.
• London, England: Where Thomas Morgan Carrier is employed as one of King Charles I guards.
• Boston, MA: Where the team enters the Colonies.
• New Haven, Connecticut
• Carmarthenshire, Wales: Thomas Morgan Carrier's birthplace
• Caernarvon: Thomas Morgan Carrier leaves here, crossing Britain, to find his fortune in London.

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1. Kathleen Kent (Author)

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• Library of Congress: PS3611.E674W65 2010
• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical

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