``the Minor Characters Are Stiff And The Dialogue Is Stilted At Times,'' Said Pw, ``but Details Of Clothing, Crafts And Interiors, As Well As Period Scenes Peopled With Robbers, Flagellants And Strolling Players, Are Well Realized.'' (feb. In This Bouncy First Novel, 14th-century Englishwoman Margaret Of Ashbury Heeds A ``voice'' Commanding Her To Compose Her Colorful Life Story. A vision of light by Judith Merkle Riley, 1989, Delacorte Press edition, in English A vision of light (1989 edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. Because Of This Ability, Margaret Has Become Suddenly Different-to Her Tradition-bound Parents, To The Bishop’s Court That Tries Her For Heresy, And Ultimately To The Man Who Falls In Love With Her. But Most Astonishing Of All, Margaret Has Experienced A Mystic Union-a Vision Of Light That Endows Her With The Miraculous Gift Of Healing. Looking for books by Judith Merkle Riley See all books authored by Judith Merkle Riley, including A Vision of Light, and In Pursuit of the Green Lion: A. Incredibly, She Survived, Was Apprenticed To An Herbalist, And Became A Midwife. Married Off At The Age Of Fourteen To A Merchant Reputed To Be The Devil Himself, Margaret Was Left For Dead During The Black Plague. As She Narrates Her Life, We Discover A Woman Of Startling Resourcefulness. Three Clerics Contemptuously Decline To Be Margaret’s Scribe, And Only The Threat Of Starvation Persuades Brother Gregory, A Carthusian Friar With A Mysterious Past, To Take On The Task.
However, Like Most Women In Fourteenth-century England, She Is Illiterate. Margaret Of Ashbury Wants To Write Her Life Story. The Bestselling Novel That Introduces Margaret Of Ashbury And Launches A Trilogy Featuring This Irrepressible Woman A vision of light Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item.
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