A vision of light

Judith Merkle Riley

first published 1989 Delacorte Press, 1988 442 pages

Ullstein TB 25103; Margaret of Ashbury Trilogy — book 1

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, so...

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A vision of light edition · 2006 · Three Rivers Press · 438 pages
Die Stimme edition · 2000 · Ullstein · 477 pages
Die Stimme. edition · 1989 · Bastei-Lübbe
A vision of light edition · 1989 · New English Library · 338 pages
Vision of Light, A edition · 1988 · Delacorte Press · 442 pages

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