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A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury…
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A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel (Margaret of Ashbury Trilogy) (originale 1989; edizione 2006)

di Judith Merkle Riley

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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. "From the Trade Paperback edition."… (altro)
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Titolo:A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel (Margaret of Ashbury Trilogy)
Autori:Judith Merkle Riley
Info:Three Rivers Press (2006), Edition: Reprint, Paperback
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Etichette:fiction, historical, read, 1990s, permanent collection

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There are lots of tropes I truly hate in this book: rape, abuse, death of a child, incest, death of a spouse, men with too much power hurting women and children and lots more - and still, I love this book. Margaret is such a beautiful person, I fell in love with her. Five stars. ( )
  Donderowicz | Mar 12, 2024 |
En la Inglaterra medieval, Margaret, la joven esposa de un rico terrateniente, dicta a un fraile el relato de su insólita vida. Hija de una pobre familia campesina, a los catorce años se vio obligada a casarse con un viudo, adquirió habilidades de curandera, fue acusada de brujería y estuvo a punto de morir a manos de la Inquisición.
  Natt90 | Jan 17, 2023 |
I loved those books as a teenager back in the days, and when I had a look at my library of what to read next, I saw my overly "zerlesende" (aka, I read them so much that they are falling apart) editions of the Margaret of Ashbury novels. Instead of bothering with the German translations, I took the opportunity and got the English ebooks and it was not a disappointment.
Yes, Ms Merkle Riley was a bit lenient with historical facts, I already knew as a teenager of thirteen that witches weren't burnt in the medieval times and other little things which were added because it fitted the narration better.
But honestly, I still love the story, it is such a nice feel good book, that didn't loose any of its charm in the nearly thirty years since I read it first. The story itself might not be something extraordinary special but the wit and humor make it a fine read. ( )
  Black-Lilly | Jul 5, 2021 |
Was hab ich die Buecher verschlungen als Teenager. Auch wenn Ms Merkle Riley die historischen Genauigkeit ein bisschen ignoriert hat. (Selbst als dreizehn, vierzehn Jaehrige wusste ich auch schon, dass Hexen nicht im Mittelalter verbrannt worden sind). Was der Geschichte an sich aber nicht wirklich schadet.
Es ist ein "Fuehl-Gut" Buch, was erstaunlicherweise fast dreissig Jahre nachdem ich es das erste Mal gelesen habe immer noch mitreisst.
Was mir an der deutschen Edition jedoch jedoch sauer aufstoesst, ist die etwas "klunkige" Uebersetzung. Und wenn ich die Uebersetzung jetzt mit dem Original vergleiche, dann geht doch eine Menge an Witz und auch Erzaehcharakter verloren. ( )
  Black-Lilly | Jul 5, 2021 |
More of a 3.5 really. Earlier on, I thought it was going to be way too long, but then I really got into it. The tale was entertaining. ( )
  MaureenCean | Feb 2, 2016 |
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Asendorf, DorotheeÜbersetzerautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Duffy, LauraProgetto della copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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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. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

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