puritans

In 1659, fourteen-year-old Hannah Pryor is troubled by the persecution of Quakers by Puritan Boston's leading citizens, one of whom is her father, especially after learning of her deceased mother's friendship with a Quaker woman.

In seventeenth century New England, Hester Prynne is condemned by Puritan law to wear a scarlet "A" as the symbol of the sin she has committed.

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.

Describes the establishment of the English colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, from its planning phase to the 1620 transatlantic journey of settlers, as well as the experiences of those settlers in the new land.

This is a book I really enjoyed because of the discriptive words used to explain what is happening are used in a very good way. I also liked the twisted situations that the characters get into. The only thing that I didn't like about this book is that the scenes and actions are always impling what will happen next, but they still let you understand the book.-- Juaquin Martinez.

Tells the story of Roger Williams, the Puritan minister who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his radical beliefs, who went on to establish the colony of Rhode Island in 1636, based on the principle of religious freedom.

Beigh Masters, tracking a legendary diamond in the mid-twentieth century, comes across a record of the travels of her ancestor Hannah Easton, an American woman who flaunted Puritan society to become the white lover of a Hindu raja, and is drawn into the story of that distant life.