The Witnesses

This extraordinary historical novel centers on one of America's bravest heroines, Anne Hutchinson, who fought at great cost for religious freedom in the seventeenth century. Some called her a "Jezebel," some called her a saint, and her followers grew. Hutchinson's community leaders found her to be such a threat, they imprisoned and banished her, but she left Boston unbroken in spirit. Following on the success of her first novel, A Woman Called Moses, Marcy Heidish created another striking and artistic picture of a brave woman in crisis. Originally published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Witnesses garnered laudatory reviews. Its author drew praise from The New Yorker Magazine, as a "striking novel...a compelling portrait; from The Los Angeles Times as a "driving narrative...Heidish does dramatic justice to those impure Puritans and thier remarkable critic, Anne Hitchinson, fearless of the passions of flesh and spirit...meticulously documented;" from The Houston Post, "Vastly impressive...Heidish has again uncannily created a real woman out of dryistorical matter;" from The New York Times, "There is nothing ordinary about [Heidish's] creation of this remarkable woman. The novel abounds in literary grace. It employs the voices of the times as though heard this minute." It is a privilege to republish this outstanding novel. F.P. Dolan WitnessesFive Stars