{"product_id":"a-vision-of-light-judith-merkle-riley-9780307237873","title":"A Vision of Light: A Margaret of Ashbury Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book in the series, this bestselling novel introduces Margaret of Ashbury, a fourteenth-century Englishwoman with mystical abilities\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Merkle Riley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307237877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307237873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Judith Merkle Riley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913616916735,"sku":"9780307237873","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_54e685d9-3388-46f6-9ba1-0fe181c84899.jpg?v=1680621388","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-vision-of-light-judith-merkle-riley-9780307237873","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}