At one point she is drawn to a church, where, surrounded by an unworldly light, she has a mystical experience and discovers her gift for psychic healing. She's also one tough lady, managing to survive a brief marriage to a sadistic pederast whose favorite entertainment is a good execution, as well as a bout with the plague that leaves her near death she is even accused of witchcraft. Young Margaret of Ashbury, although illiterate, is an inventor, philosopher and feminist. ''A Vision of Light'' is the story of a woman's search for fulfillment and autonomy in pestilence-scourged England. (Delacorte, $19.95.) The 14th century was a wild and crazy time, at least according to Judith Merkle Riley's fast-paced first novel. Young Margaret of Ashbury, although illiterate, is an inventor, philosopher and feminist.Ī VISION OF LIGHT.
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