As her story unfolds, we cannot help but root for her and her blossoming relationship with Thomas Morgan Carrier. In this book we see why Martha Carrier was depicted as fierce and unyielding in the first book. Kent’s writing Style is sparse yet full of detail, much like Massachusetts countryside inhabited by the main characters. Second in the trilogy that began with The Heretic’s Daughter, about Martha Carrier, who was hanged as a witch in Salem in 1692, The Wolves of Andover tells of the love story between Martha and regicide Thomas Morgan, aka Carrier, a quiet, kind, giant of a man wanted for beheading King Charles I of England at the behests of Oliver Cromwell. I enjoyed this story although it was difficult to keep all the characters and their political inclinations straight as the story continually jumped around. The author wrote The Heretic’s Daughter about the death of Martha so this book is actually a prequel.
Martha and Thomas Carrier were ancestors of the author and Martha was eventually hung as a witch some twenty years after the events of this book. Both Martha and Thomas are based on real characters, although it is not certain that Thomas actually did play a role in the English king’s death. The Wolves of Andover is an interesting account of colonial life. As we follow the courtship of Thomas and Martha, we also follow a group of unscrupulous men who have been sent by Charles II to locate Thomas and assassinate him. Relations with the native Indians were strained, smallpox was rampant and wolves – both four-legged and two legged lurked in the woods. Thomas had played a role in the execution of Charles I and was one of a group that was being hunted by Charles II, intent on revenge.Ĭolonial America was not an easy place to survive.
At the age of 23 she is already considered a spinster but she and the handy-man, Thomas Carrier fall in love but planning a future is difficult as there are secrets that keep them apart and dangers to avoid. We follow the story of Martha Allan as she is sent to her cousin as little more than a servant. The Wolves of Andover is a historical novel set in Colonial Massachusetts years before the Salem witch trials.
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