I, Julian
Foster-Gilbert, Claire, 1964-2023
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In 1347, the first pestilence rages across the land. The young Julian of Norwich encounters the strangeness of death: first her father, then later her husband and her child. When she falls ill herself, she encounters mystical visions that bring comfort and concern. But in the midst of suspicion and menace, when the Church is actively condemning heretics, Julian is not safe. Battling grief, the plague and societal expectations, and compelled by her powerful visions, Julian seeks a life of freedom by finding a room of her own - as an anchoress, bricked up in a small room on the side of a church. Helped by Thomas, a Benedictine monk from Norwich Cathedral, she writes of what she has seen and offers words of counsel to others. Julian's manuscripts are protected by trusted sisters and are passed from hand to hand, becoming the first book to be written by a woman in English.
Main title:
I, Julian / Claire Gilbert.
Author:
Foster-Gilbert, Claire, 1964-, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.
Collation:
336 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781399807524 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
2342928