Complex sentence: In fear of her life, Mary flees England for America with the help of a mysterious noble woman, but the puritans she travels with are equally superstitious and it is not long before Mary is under suspicion herself.
Split into simpler sentences: In fear of her life Mary flees England for America with the help of a mysterious noble woman. But the puritans she travels with are equally superstitious and it isn't long before Mary is under suspicion herself.