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A Vision of Light

A Margaret of Ashbury Novel

#1 in series

by Judith Merkle Riley
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Margaret of Ashbury Trilogy

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 23, 2006

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780307347084

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780307347084
      • File size: 2845 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 1, 1990
      In this bouncy first novel, 14th-century Englishwoman Margaret of Ashbury heeds a ``voice'' commanding her to compose her colorful life story. ``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.''

Formats

  • Kindle Book
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  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

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