A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel - Paperback

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A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel - Paperback

Name: A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel - Paperback
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SKU: 9780307237873
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by Judith Merkle Riley

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by Judith Merkle Riley (Author)

The first book in the series, this bestselling novel introduces Margaret of Ashbury, a fourteenth-century Englishwoman with mystical abilities

Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. However, like most women in fourteenth-century England, she is illiterate. 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.

As she narrates her life, we discover a woman of startling resourcefulness. 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. Incredibly, she survived, was apprenticed to an herbalist, and became a midwife. But most astonishing of all, Margaret has experienced a Mystic Union--a Vision of Light that endows her with the miraculous gift of healing. 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.

Author Biography

Judith Merkle Riley is a professor of political science and has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Number of Pages: 448

Dimensions: 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN

Publication Date: May 23, 2006

ISBN	9780307237873
Author	Judith Merkle Riley
Publisher	Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	May 2006
Language	ENG- English
Pages	448
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print