About the Author:
Richard Francis is a visiting lecturer at Bath University. He is a playwright, reviewer, biographer and novelist. Fourth Estate also publish 'Ann the Word', the biography of Ann Lee, 'Founder of the Shakers', and his novels 'Taking Apart the Poco Poco', 'Fat Hen' and 'Prospect Hill'.
Review:
'A marvellous book ! intelligent, funny and sympathetic.' The Times 'A timely and disturbing book. Francis draws no contemporary parallels but it is hard to ignore the implications of the early ingrained vision he explores here with such lucidity: a threat of nameless, invisible, omnipresent terror so menacing that it overrides the rule of law and legitimises extremes of violence or torture in the name of the invincibly righteous, pure, innocent American people.' Daily Telegraph 'Francis's biography offers the most balanced and richly contextualised account of the Salem trials currently in print. And in following so closely the advances and turnings of Sewall's innermost thoughts, he takes us on a real-life pilgrim's progress that is both exhilarating and, at times, deeply moving.' Sunday Telegraph
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