Margaret of Ashbury A Vision of Light, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Black-Lilly

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 t...

from bung

I really enjoyed this novel of Margaret, the illiterate wife of a rich merchant who catered to her whim and allowed her to record her memoirs through a scribe, a disgruntled monk called Brother Gregory, who longed to see God. Geogory eventually teaches her to write and she records the last chapte...

from LisaMaria_C

This novel was a pleasure to read. Not that I can't find fault. Margaret of Ashbury, the wife of a rich merchant, hires a clerk to dictate her memoirs in the year 1355. The narrative switches between the present day and her experiences with her amanuensis, Brother Gregory in third person, and her...

from RobinWebster

A light, fun read. I love all the Margaret books. She's just so humble, clear-sighted, and true to what she believes is right. A wonderful read. I'd recommend both to those who like a humble christian woman heroine AND those who like subversive feminist stuff.

from dianaleez

Judith Merkle Riley's A Vision of Light is one of my favorite novels, and Margaret of Ashbury is probably the literary character I'd most like to be. Riley's Margaret is so alive! This 14th-century Englishwoman is inspired in a "vision of light" to write her memoirs and do the unheard of - tell a...