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The Minister's Daughter
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The Minister's Daughter (2005) (edit title/settings)

(also published as: 'The Merrybegot')

by Julie Hearn (Author) (edit contributors)

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"Powers of the air, be here now. So mote it be." Conceived on May Morning, Nell is claimed by the piskies and faeries as a merrybegot, one of their own. She is a wild child: herb gatherer and healer, spell-weaver and midwife...and, some say, a witch. Grace is everything Nell is not.... read more

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  • Nell: Nell lives with her grandmother, she is a merrrybegot, someone who is born on Mayday. She is part midwife, part healer, and is eventually accused of being a witch.
  • Grace Madden: The minister's elder daughter--she accuses Nell of witchcraft to cover up her own misconduct.
  • Patience Madden: The minister's younger daughter. She is compelled by her sister to participate in Nell's accusation. Her confession from later in life is dispersed throughout the narrative.
  • The Cunning Woman: Nell's granny; she is the village's elderly healer & midwife.
  • Mistress Bramlow: A kindly friend to Nell and her grandmother.
  • Minister Madden: The minister in town who begin to preach hellfire and damnation, especially concerning witchcraft.
  • Sameul Towser: The village blacksmith's son. He is in love with Grace Madden.
  • Matthew Hopkins: Based on a true-life person, Hopkins in this novel plays the role of the "Witch-finder General."
  • Silas Denby: A villager who partakes of one of the cunning woman's concoctions.
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The cunning woman's granddaughter is chasing a pig when she learns there is to be no frolicking in the village on May Morning.

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  1. Julie Hearn (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Atheneum
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Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0689876904
Page Count: 272

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