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This narrative layers the approaching civil war in England with the emergence of a new order in Rhode Island, the first colony grounded in freedom of conscience and in the separation of church and state. Williams was a champion of the individual, but such commitment had a cruel... Read Full Overview

In this beautiful and feelingly written book, Mary Lee Settle tells the story of Roger Williams: the most compelling figure in colonial America. Plucked from obscurity to clerk for the celebrated English jurist Sir Edward Coke, Williams had a ringside seat on the brutal politics... Read Full Overview