As with my first novel, ‘The Heretic's Daughter,' I spent years reading source material to get the dates, names and places correct. The authentic feel of a narrative is often revealed in the little details of day-to-day life. How are you able to capture the period and the people with such veracity?Ī. Thomas Carrier's reputation for being one of the executioners followed him all through his life. Despite bribes, ransoms and threats from Charles II - he sent two armed expeditions to try and capture them - the early colonists would not give away the hiding places of the men seeking refuge from a horrible traitor's death - hanging, drawing and quartering. One of the remarkable things about the early history of the colonies was that a few of the known regicides of King Charles I, Edward Walley and William Goffe for example, hid in plain sight - protected, fed and clothed by some very prominent New England settlers, including clergymen. Is there some truth to this story? Did the second Charles send out emissaries to revenge the death of his father?Ī.
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