false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172796781m/218573.jpg 218573 10 <p> 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&#8212;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. </p> 211627 2006 The Last Witchfinder: A Novel total:340|5:62|4:136|3:81|2:36|1:25| 340 1194 691 99 1 5 false false Wed Sep 26 09:27:45 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 09:08:55 -0700 2007
the dialogue is stilted (its so obvious that the author found a book about 17th century slang and then used those words as many times as possible...bleh) and the plot bends credulity past its breaking point several time...more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 10:16:19 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 11:13:24 -0700 2008 i started reading this book last night and i'm already having trouble with it...not because i don't like it, it's actually really good and i'm really enjoying the premise...the story is being told from the point of view of is...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Nov 30 07:30:19 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 18 07:22:44 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 30 07:30:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 05:43:50 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 10:57:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 19:31:20 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 11:39:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 12:28:39 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 20:33:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 12 08:24:43 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 08:25:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:46:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:46:48 -0800 2009 The Last Witchfinder proves to be an entertaining inquiry into a pivotal moment in 17th-century English and American history. After Morrow's Godhead Trilogy (Towing Jehovah, Blameless in Abaddon, and The Eternal Footman) chronicled the difficult task of putting the great deity to rest, enlisting New...

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*The Last Witchfinder* is one of the best historical fiction novels that I've read in recent years.

Jennet Stearne is furious because her father, the Witchfinder General Walter Sterne, had no choice to investigate the accusations that her ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 15:45:45 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 18 17:26:39 -0700 2008
On the whole it reminded me of Moll Flanders...a picaresque novel. While this is a long tradition for novel...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Nov 21 04:46:52 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 04:50:58 -0800 2007 Recommended by AuntiePam - also fan of author

Jennet Stearne, the main character of the novel , is a stubborn, inquisitive natural philosopher - not the most appropriate profession for a woman in the early 1700's. A loss early in her life makes her determined to disprove witchcraft with s...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Sep 09 19:05:24 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 19:05:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=218573