The Book of Margery Kempe
$28.95
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2014
Summary
Though a familiar name, little was known about the English mystic Margery Kempe (c. 1373-c. 1440) for hundreds of years except that she had an association with the great Julian of Norwich. This all changed in 1934 with the discovery of The Book of Margery Kempe in a library where it had lain hidden for four hundred years. Finding Margery’s own story was important not just because of the light it shed on her life, but it also turned out to be the first known autobiography in the English langua…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385490375 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385490372 |
| Author: | John Skinner |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 411g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 17mm |
About The Author
John Skinner
John Skinner began his career as a Jesuit. Leaving before ordination, he then became a journalist with The Times (London) before setting up his own children’s bookselling company. He now writes full-time, specialising in the English mystics and in translating the spiritual classics across the centuries. His works include Julian of Norwich’s Revelation of Love and The Confession of Saint Patrick, both of which have recently been published by Image Books. He lives with his wife, Judith, in Devon, England, where he is at work on a forthcoming collection of monastic writings.
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