No Shame, No Fear (24 page)

1683. Inspired by William Penn’s vision of a Quaker colony and hoping to be free of the persecution they suffered in England, Will and Susanna Heywood have settled in Pennsylvania. Their son Josiah has found his own freedom, and adventure, in the employment of merchant George Bainbrigg, whose daughter, Kate, he has fallen in love with. It is only when the three travel to Barbados that Josiah learns the true nature of Bainbrigg’s work … and a painful struggle to uphold his beliefs begins.

I should like to thank Ted Milligan
for reading the manuscript and advising
me on Quaker history.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

First published 2003 by Walker Books Ltd
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This edition published 2013

Text © 2003 Ann Turnbull
Cover painting:
Rest
(oil on canvas) by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916), Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France/Bridgeman Art Library

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