{"product_id":"books-a-vision-of-light-by-judith-merkle-ridley","title":"A Vision of Light","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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506607448337,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780440501091.jpg?v=1778114915","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-a-vision-of-light-by-judith-merkle-ridley","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}