However, like most women in 14th-century England, she is illiterate. Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. 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. The best-selling novel that introduces Margaret of Ashbury and launches a trilogy featuring this irrepressible woman.
But most astonishing of all, Margaret has experienced a Mystic Union?a Vision of Light that endows her with the miraculous gift of healing. 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. What Should I Read Next Book recommendations for people who like A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel (Margaret of Ashbury Trilogy) by Judith. As she narrates her life, we discover a woman of startling resourcefulness. A vision of light 319 reviews Author: Judith Merkle Riley (Author) Summary: In 1355, Margaret of Ashbury hears a mysterious voice advising her to do something unusual and possibly heretical write a book about her life. 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. I wasnt sure I would like A Vision of Light, A Margaret of Ashbury Novel the first book in a trilogy about Margaret of Ashbury by Judith Merkle Riley. The bestselling novel that introduces Margaret of Ashbury and launches a trilogy featuring this irrepressible woman
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