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| Title | : | The Last Witchfinder |
| Author | : | James K. Morrow |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 526 pages |
| Published | : | March 13th 2007 by Harper Perennial (first published May 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Paranormal. Witches |
James K. Morrow
Paperback | Pages: 526 pages Rating: 3.51 | 1459 Users | 237 Reviews
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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 the power of reason, and determined to see justice prevail, Jennet hurls herself into a series of picaresque adventures—traveling from King William's Britain to the fledgling American Colonies to an uncharted island in the Caribbean, braving West Indies pirates, Algonquin Indian captors, the machinations of the Salem Witch Court, and the sensuous love of a young Ben Franklin. For Jennet cannot and must not rest until she has put the last witchfinder out of business.Be Specific About Books To The Last Witchfinder
| Original Title: | The Last Witchfinder |
| ISBN: | 0060821809 (ISBN13: 9780060821807) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Colchester, England(United Kingdom) Salem, Massachusetts(United States) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania(United States) …more London, England(United Kingdom) …less |
| Literary Awards: | John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2007), James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List (2006) |
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Ratings: 3.51 From 1459 Users | 237 ReviewsCriticism Epithetical Books The Last Witchfinder
Jennet Stearnes is a young woman ahead of her time. Although she's the daughter of a witchfinder in England, she is fortunate to have an Aunt Isobel Mowbray who is a "natural philosopher." She tutors Jennet in science, mathematics, and philosophy. She also provides young Jennet with her treatise, "A Woman's Garden of Pleasure and Pain," which will greatly enrich Jennet's life for many years. When Jennet's father unwisely puts a member of English gentry to the torch for witchcraft, Jennet, herJennet Stearne is now one of my all-time favourite literary characters. The device of giving Newtons Principia a character and voice, through which the Age of Reason is defined, was a unique stroke which grounded the story in reality. Ms Stearne, rare enough as a devotee of Reason and Science, and rarer still as a female character of the time period to do so, is wonderful. Stubborn, irascible, flawed and highly principled, her fight to rid Britain, and later the US, of the doctrine in law and
This one took what seemed like forever to read (but since it spans the onset of the Enlightenment through to today, that's perhaps to be expected). I dipped in here and there, reading a section--a chapter--an hourglass at a time (if you've read it, that will make sense). The black humour, the delightfully anachronistic voice, the historical characterizations...I found it all utterly charming and compelling and altogether unique.It's tempting to draw comparisons to Vonnegut and Tom Robbins (
SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE BOOKI seriously regret not putting this book down sooner but I wanted to see how Dunstan would turn out. This book was absolutely awful. The narrator being a book, its war against using insects and the premise of books writing other books through inhabiting other people was the most ridiculous part, especially when the story is supposed to be about science, logic and evidence. Jennet was a complete shell of a character. Oh she may have sounded so clever and strong but
What a stupid book! I don't like the word stupid but no other word comes close so I'm stuck with it. It's totally unbelievable, filled with historically uncorrect atitudes and behaviour. For some reason I wanted to know what happened to everyone. I also liked the idea of a book telling the story even though the book wars was an idea that should either have been abonded or have been explored differently. That's why I gave this book 2 stars, but really I wanted to give it one star. If you want to
If someone had told me that I would be reading a book in which the heroine is an Enlightenment natural philosopher, daughter and brother to witchfinders, witness to the Salem witch trials, a member of an Indian tribe, beloved of a young Ben Franklin, one of two people who knows the coordinates of an island on which escaped slaves debate the merits of government, and the personified end to witch hunting, I would have cocked an eyebrow. If that someone had then breathlessly explained that the book
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