A Vision of Light by Judith Merkle Riley

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. Incredibly, she survived, was apprenticed to an herbalist, and became a midwife. A Vision of Light By Judith Merkle Riley Historical Fiction Small Paperback Book Acceptable Condition These Books Have Wear & Tear, The Spine Might Be.

A Vision of Light (1989) In Pursuit of the Green Lion (1990). 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. Author: Judith Merkle Riley Author Record 2804 Legal Name: Riley, Judith Astria Merkle. 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.Īs 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. Read 314 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Vision of Light, A by Riley, Judith Merkle and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. However, like most women in fourteenth-century England, she is illiterate. A Vision of Light by Judith Merkle Riley A Vision of Light book. A Vision of Light, first in the critically acclaimed historical Margaret of Ashbury Trilogy is a remarkable novel that challenges all of our notions about women’s roles in the medieval era, perfect. The first book in the series, this bestselling novel introduces Margaret of Ashbury, a fourteenth-century Englishwoman with mystical abilities Margaret.

Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. The first book in the series, this bestselling novel introduces Margaret of Ashbury, a fourteenth-century Englishwoman with mystical abilities