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The great success last year of Stacy Schiff's The Witches proves, once again, that abiding interest in the Salem Witch Trials remains high. Richard Francis's stunning novel Crane Pond is the story of Samuel Sewall, loving father and husband, anti-slavery advocate, defender of Native American rights, and presiding judge at the Salem Witchcraft Trials in 1692, where he sentenced twenty innocent women to death. He was the only judge to later admit his terrible mistake, and ask for forgiveness. At once a searing view of the Trials from the inside out, an empathetic portrait of one of the period's most tragic and redemptive figures, and an indictment of the malevolent power of religious and political idealism, Crane Pond explores the inner life of a well-meaning man who did evil. It humanizes an unflinching portrait of political hysteria that is as relevant today as it was in the seventeenth century.
Richard Francis, Sewall's most lauded biographer, seamlessly marries rigorous research and astute understanding of a deeply complex character to a compelling dramatic framework sure to enchant readers of quality historical fiction.
Richard Francis, Sewall's most lauded biographer, seamlessly marries rigorous research and astute understanding of a deeply complex character to a compelling dramatic framework sure to enchant readers of quality historical fiction.
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"Historical fiction written with integrity and skill, from an author who knows how to deploy his background knowledge to get inside his subject's skin... In short, it goes straight on to my (small) list of historical novels that draw out the capacities of the form and allow readers to brush against the pleasures and terrors of the past." -- Hilary Mantel
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"An entertaining and stimulating novel, richly peopled, that brings Salem, and the forms of belief that gave rise to it, to life with freshness, energy, intelligence - and with terrible and arresting proximity." --The Spectator
Richard Francis was educated at Cambridge andHarvard. He has written 17 books, both fiction and
nonfiction, including a number of books on Americanhistory and thought. His award-winning novels andbooks of nonfiction have been published by leadinghouses in London and New York, including FourthEstate, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, W.W.Norton, Faber & Faber, and Pantheon. He and his wifelive in Bath."
nonfiction, including a number of books on Americanhistory and thought. His award-winning novels andbooks of nonfiction have been published by leadinghouses in London and New York, including FourthEstate, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, W.W.Norton, Faber & Faber, and Pantheon. He and his wifelive in Bath."
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