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Loading... The Last Witchfinder (2006)by James Morrow
None. Tiptree shortlist/honours 2006. Despite interjections by a talking book this is definitely History rather than SF&F. Immensely enjoyable, though I didn't buy into the end of Dunstan & Abigail.. (  ) SChant | Apr 26, 2013 |  Great book, thanks to AuntiePam for suggesting it. One of my favorites this year. (  ) koeeoaddi | Apr 3, 2013 | Great book, thanks to AuntiePam for suggesting it. One of my favorites this year. ( ) koeeoaddi | Apr 3, 2013 | A book narrated by another book. That threw me off at first, as the narrating books own voice is a little on the stodgy side. But it would be, thatbook is over 300 years old. But it turns out that Newton's [b:Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica|8233275|Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Volume 3 (Italian Edition)|John Martin Frederick Wright|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51r68SkFypL._SL75_.jpg|13080625] is a natural born story teller, and as the story of Jennet Stearne's journey from student to world changing author progresses, so does the narrator's side story move along, slyly pointing out how books have changed the world. Jennet's family's business is witchhunting, but like so many children, she decides to fight rather than join. Her story is a bit Moll Flanders, a bit Forest Gump, and I mean that as a compliment. I think there might be some historical inaccuracy in how now matter where Jannett goes, her past is only held against her by the most evil of antagonists, but beyond that, this is a fun and intelligent look at the power of reason against an unreasonable world. ( ) DJRMel | Apr 3, 2013 | A book narrated by another book. That threw me off at first, as the narrating books own voice is a little on the stodgy side. But it would be, thatbook is over 300 years old. But it turns out that Newton's [b:Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica|8233275|Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Volume 3 (Italian Edition)|John Martin Frederick Wright|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51r68SkFypL._SL75_.jpg|13080625] is a natural born story teller, and as the story of Jennet Stearne's journey from student to world changing author progresses, so does the narrator's side story move along, slyly pointing out how books have changed the world. Jennet's family's business is witchhunting, but like so many children, she decides to fight rather than join. Her story is a bit Moll Flanders, a bit Forest Gump, and I mean that as a compliment. I think there might be some historical inaccuracy in how now matter where Jannett goes, her past is only held against her by the most evil of antagonists, but beyond that, this is a fun and intelligent look at the power of reason against an unreasonable world. ( ) DJRMel | Apr 3, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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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.
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Jennet Stearne's father hangs witches for a living in Restoration England. But when this precocious child witnesses the horrifying death of her beloved Aunt Isobel, unjustly executed as a sorceress, she makes it her life's mission to bring down the Parliamentary Witchcraft Act. A self-educated "natural philosopher," Jennet is inspired in her quest by a single sentence in a cryptic letter from Isaac Newton: "It so happens that in the Investigations leading first to my Conjectures concerning Light and later to my System of the World, I fell upon a pretty Proof that Wicket Spirits enjoy no essential Existence." Armed with nothing but the power of reason and her memory of Isobel's love, Jennet cannot rest until she has put the last witchfinder out of business.--Publisher description.… (more)
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