Ebook {Epub PDF} Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

Written in a descriptive modality that brings the reader into this medieval world through the eyes of the mystic visionary Hildegard Von Bingen a rich, complex world of religious fervor mixed with corrupt church practices unfolds in words so crafted as to paint a vivid image of a /5(). Mary Sharratt is the author of Summit Avenue and The Real Minerva Sign up for A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen reveals the unforgettable story of how Hildegard, Illuminations will be released in October to celebrate Hildegard's long awaited elevation to Doctor of the Church. Illuminations by Mary Sharratt is a historical fiction novel based around the life of Hildegard von Bingen ( – ). Hildegard was given to the church by her mother and is walled into the church expected to spend her life in silent submission as the handmaiden of a renowned, yet disturbed, young nun named Jutta von Sponheim.4/5.

Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen. by Mary Sharratt. Prologue. The most ancient and enduring power of women is prophecy, my gift and my curse, the birthright I carry in my heart. Once, centuries before my existence, there lived in these Rhineland forests a woman named Weleda, she who sees. Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen by Mary Sharratt Overview - "Sharratt brings one of the most famous and enigmatic women of the Middle Ages to vibrant life in this tour de force, which will captivate the reader from the very first page.". A fictionalized biography of medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen. Its publication will coincide with her appointment as a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict. Eight-year-old Hildegard, a knight's daughter, accompanies teenage Jutta, a countess' daughter, as both are imprisoned in an anchorage, a tiny enclosure adjoining a Benedictine.

Her novels include Daughters of the Witching Hill, the Nautilus Award–winning Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen,The Dark Lady’s Mask: A Novel of Shakespeare’s Muse, and Ecstasy, about the life, loves, and music of Alma Mahler. She is an American who lives in Lancashire, England. Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen. by Mary Sharratt. Prologue. The most ancient and enduring power of women is prophecy, my gift and my curse, the birthright I carry in my heart. Once, centuries before my existence, there lived in these Rhineland forests a woman named Weleda, she who sees. Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, , pages, available beginning Oct. 9 in hardcover and as an e-book. Mary Sharratt’s fascinating historical novel, Illuminations, is written from the first person point of view of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th century German Benedictine abbess.