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In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.

"When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave--only to discover that the...

"[This] debut novel brings to life the residents of an English town in the grip of the 17th-century witch trials and the young woman tasked with saving them all from themselves."--

A young woman, publicly scorned for bearing an illegitimate child, refuses to be vanquished by the seventeenth-century Boston community.

A woman confined by her Puritan upbringing finds a new life in London as a courtesan.

"Anne Hutchinson remains an iconic figure in early American history and women's history. American historians recognize Hutchinson as an influential religious leader ousted from Massachusetts Bay because of her outspoken criticism of the colony's clergy, and she remains one of the few women taught to school children and remembered from history lessons. She has been called a proto-feminist, a political dissident, a colonial reformer, and suffragette....

While Alvin Maker travels in New England, his new wife Peggy Guester attempts to use her powers to prevent bloodshed by traveling to the court of King Arthur Stuart in the British Crown Colonies, where she must confront Alvin's brother Calvin.

If only John would agree to stop preaching Gospel that goes against the state church, he would walk out of prison a free man! Why does he stay in jail and how will he continue to serve his Lord in this horrible place? Find out in this episode.