A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel (Margaret of Ashbury Trilogy)

the Bestselling Novel That Introduces Margaret Of Ashbury And Launches A Trilogy Featuring This Irrepressible Woman 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. publishers Weekly 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.'' (feb.) 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. The bestselling novel that introduces Margaret of Ashbury and launches a trilogy featuring this irrepressible woman. 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 Margarets 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 Uniona Vision of Light that endows her with the miraculous gift of healing. Because of this ability, Margaret has become suddenly differentto her tradition-bound parents, to the bishops court that tries her for heresy, and ultimately to the man who falls in love with her. In 1355, Margaret Of Ashbury Hears A Mysterious Voice Advising Her To Do Something Unusual And Possibly Heretical; Write A Book About Her Life. She Depends On Renegade Friar Brother Gregory To Record Her Life Story And State Of Mystic Union, And He Is Forced To Accept The State Of Grace Of This Mere Woman. Since She Is Unlettered Herself, Margaret Enlists Brother Gregory, A Carthusian Friar, To Take On The Task, Something He Would Not Have Done Were He Not Afraid Of Starving. Still He Cannot Help But Become Engrossed In Margaret's Fascinating Life Story, Which Includes Midwifery, Witchcraft, And The Black Death. By Judith Merkle Riley. Beautiful, twice-married Margaret was fated to be beaten and betrayed, taught rare arts of healing and love, and tried as a witch. But with courage and an open heart, she traversed a world overflowing with bitter sorrow and bawdy laughter to find a haven of love, safety, and triumphant joy in 14th-century England In 14th-century England, Margaret of Ashbury is twice bound in marriage, fated to be beaten, betrayed, taught the rare arts of love and healing, and tried as a witch