Bibliograph

Accidents of providence, Stacia M. Brown

Type

Label

Accidents of providence, Stacia M. Brown

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Accidents of providence

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stacia M. Brown

Summary

London, 1649. King Charles has been beheaded for treason; Cromwell is in power; paranoia and self-righteousness rule; and glove maker Rachel Lockyer has been engaged in a secret affair with William Walwyn, a Leveler who advocates for independence and tolerance. But when Rachel's "bastard" infant is found hidden in the woods, Rachel is arrested. No one disputes that the young mother buried her beloved daughter. The question that has brought Rachel to trial for murder is: why? Now drawn into Rachel's circle is the married lover she is loathe to reveal; a fiercely compassionate mother who lost her own children to smallpox; a prosecutor hell-bent on making an example of Rachel; and the criminal investigator, increasingly reluctant to build his case against the condemned young woman-all of them brought to reckon for this one life. At once a remarkable love story and a breathtaking thriller based on true events

Target audience

adult

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