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Kathleen Kent is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated The Dime, as well as three bestselling historical novels: The Heretic's Daughter, The Traitor's Wife, and The Outcasts. Kent lives in Dallas, TX.
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A Letter from Kathleen Kent
Dear Readers,
Martha Carrier, my grandmother back nine generations, was hanged as a witch in
1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Called the "Queen of Hell" by Cotton Mather,
Martha was unyielding in her refusal to confess and went to her death rather
than join the accused men and women who did so and were spared.
I've read countless historical sources about the trials, including the
transcripts that captured verbatim Martha's defiance to the court. But it was
the stories of my mother and my maternal grand parents that defined more clearly
the courage—and obstinacy— that set the Carriers apart.
All the Carrier tales I heard as a child were enthralling. The children made
bows and arrows and practiced shooting objects off each other's heads. Their cow
was fed pumpkins so she would give golden milk. Martha's husband Thomas was,
according to local gossip, a soldier for Cromwell and the executioner of King
Charles I of England. Thomas was over seven feet tall and, when he died at 109,
two coffins had to be fitted together to bury him.
Sarah is the central character of The Heretic's Daughter, and Martha did
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