But this is a world where a clever woman is at constant risk of being accused of witchcraft…Ī 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 for fans of Ariana Franklin, Sarah Perry and Jessie Burton. However, like most women in 14th-century England, she is illiterate. Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley: 9780307395368 : Books In the court of Henry VIII, there are many secretsand some people will kill to keep them hidden. As she narrates her life story, an extraordinary tale unfolds filled with perilous brushes with death, where a mix of miracle and Margaret’s innate intellect pull her through. The best-selling novel that introduces Margaret of Ashbury and launches a trilogy featuring this irrepressible woman. Three clerics contemptuously decline to be Margaret’s scribe, and it is only starvation that persuades Brother Gregory, a renegade Carthusian friar with a mysterious past, to take on the unseemly task of chronicling her life. Judith Merkle Riley (Janu September 12, 2010) was an American writer, teacher and academic who wrote six historical romance novels. But this is 1355, and the notion of a woman wanting to record her experiences and thoughts is not just arrogant, it’s possibly heretical. A Vision of Light is a first novel for author Riley, who teaches government studies at Claremont McKenna College and the Claremont Graduate School of California. Young, wealthy and twice married, Margaret has a modest enough ambition: she wishes to write a book.
A village girl receives a divine vision that will lead her into the chambers of the English Inquisition…
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