![]() ![]() “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.” -Sharon Kay Penman, New York Times–bestselling author of The Land Beyond the Sea In this brilliantly researched and insightful novel, Mary Sharratt offers a deeply moving portrait of a woman willing to risk everything for what she believed, a triumphant exploration of the life she might well have lived. But through the study of books and herbs, through music and the kinship of her sisters, Hildegard found her way from a life of submission to a calling that celebrated the divine glories all around us. Offered by her noble family to the Church at the age of eight, she lived for years in forced silence. Hildegard von Bingen-Benedictine abbess, healer, composer, saint-experienced mystic visions from a very young age. From the author of Ecstasty, a novel of a girl who triumphed against impossible odds to become the most extraordinary woman of the Middle Ages. ![]()
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