About the Author

Hilary Hinds is Professor of English at Lancaster University, UK. She has published a number of books and articles on early modern radical religious writing, including an edition of Anna Trapnel's The Cry of a Stone. She is author of two monographs: God's Englishwomen: Seventeenth-Century Radical Sectarian Writing and Feminist Criticism (1996) and George Fox and Early Quaker Culture (2011).

Reviews

This edition is a revelation: behind the Fifth Monarchy prophet exists the historical Anna Trapnel, a woman who endured hardship, found communities, spoke truth to power, and who emerges as a sophisticated and inspiring activist and literary figure from an earlier era. The text assumes its place in the literary canon alongside such spiritual autobiographies as those of Fox and Bunyan. The annotations and introduction frame the work beautifully for students and specialists alike, never overshadowing it. This is an outstanding, user-friendly, and highly researched edition, all one could wish for, and more. Sharon Achinstein
Sir William Osler Professor of English, The Johns Hopkins University