The Traitor's Wife: A Novel

by Kathleen Kent

Overview

In the harsh wilderness of colonial Massachusetts, Martha Allen works as a servant in her cousin's household, taking charge and locking wills with everyone. Thomas Carrier labors for the family and is known both for his immense strength and size and mysterious past. The two begin a courtship that suits their independent natures, with Thomas slowly revealing the story of his part in the English Civil War. But in the rugged new world they inhabit, danger is ever present, whether it be from the assassins sent from London to kill the executioner of Charles I or the wolves — in many forms — who hunt for blood.

A love story and a tale of courage, The Wolves of Andover confirms Kathleen Kent's ability to craft powerful stories of family from colonial history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316068642
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	09/26/2011
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kathleen Kent is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated The Dime, as well as the bestselling historical novels The Heretic's Daughter, The Traitor's Wife, and The Outcasts. Kent lives in Dallas, TX.

Editorial Reviews

Kathleen Kent’s meticulous research combines with Ellen Archer’s talent for accents and drama to bring seventeenth-century Massachusetts to life. Archer’s Welsh-accented portrayal of indentured servant Thomas Carrier helps listeners imagine the tall, silent man who has a mystery in his past. Likewise, Archer aids the listener in imagining Martha Allen—fiercely independent, unmarried—who has been sent to comfort her pregnant cousin and capture a husband. At the beginning of the book Acher’s vivid portrait of Cromwell’s vicious murder of Charles I during the English Civil War sets the scene for British assassins bound upon revenge who are hunting Thomas in America. Romance, adventure, suspense, and history in this prequel will have listeners seeking out Kent’s HERETIC’S DAUGHTER for more. S.W. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2011 - AudioFile

Kathleen Kent’s meticulous research combines with Ellen Archer’s talent for accents and drama to bring seventeenth-century Massachusetts to life. Archer’s Welsh-accented portrayal of indentured servant Thomas Carrier helps listeners imagine the tall, silent man who has a mystery in his past. Likewise, Archer aids the listener in imagining Martha Allen—fiercely independent, unmarried—who has been sent to comfort her pregnant cousin and capture a husband. At the beginning of the book Acher’s vivid portrait of Cromwell’s vicious murder of Charles I during the English Civil War sets the scene for British assassins bound upon revenge who are hunting Thomas in America. Romance, adventure, suspense, and history in this prequel will have listeners seeking out Kent’s HERETIC’S DAUGHTER for more. S.W. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

MARCH 2011 - AudioFile