Description: Further DetailsTitle: KatharinaCondition: NewEAN: 9780993333149ISBN: 9780993333149Publisher: Sanderling BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/18/2017Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 23mmAuthor: Margaret SkeaLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: DeliveranceDescription: RUNNER-UP Historical Novel Society New Novel Award'Assured, evocative, compelling. A fascinating reading experience.'Catherine Cho, Lead judge HNSAt five Katharina is placed in a convent.At twenty-three she escapes.At twenty-five she marries Martin Luther, the most controversial man in Europe.This is her story - of courage, resilience in the face of adversity and a determination to choose her own life.It is very shameful that children, especially defenceless young girls, are pushed into the nunneries. Shame on the unmerciful parents who treat their own so cruelly.' Martin LutherGermany 1505Following the death of her mother and her father's remarriage, five-year-old Katharina is placed in the convent at Brehna. She will never see her father again.Sixty-five miles away, at Erfurt in Thuringia, Martin Luder, a promising young law student, turns his back on a lucrative career in order to become a monk.The consequences of their meeting in Wittenberg, on Easter Sunday 1523, will reverberate down the centuries and throughout the Christian world.A compelling portrayal of Katharina von Bora, set against the turmoil of the Peasant's War and the German Reformation ... and the controversial priest at its heart.From award-winning historical fiction author, Margaret Skea (Historical Fiction Winner Harper Collins / Alan Titchmarsh Competition; Beryl Bainbridge Award; Runner-up Historical Novel Society New Novel Award), a well-researched and beautifully written novel that breathes life into the 'woman at Luther's side.'Country/Region of Manufacture: GBBook Series: Katharina LutherGenre: FictionTopic: Historical FictionRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Katharina
Publication Name: Katharina
Title: Katharina
EAN: 9780993333149
ISBN: 9780993333149
Publisher: Sanderling Books
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 10/18/2017
Release Year: 2017
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Width: 23mm
Author: Margaret Skea
Language: English
Subtitle: Deliverance
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Katharina Luther
Genre: Fiction
Topic: Historical Fiction
