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The illuminator by brenda rickman vantrease librarything. She grew up in and was educated in middle tennesse where she graduated with a b. Finn is a master illuminator who works not only for the church but also, in secret, for john wycliffe of oxford, who professes the radical idea that the bible should be translated into english for everyone to read. Click to read more about the illuminator by brenda rickman vantrease.
Her first novel, the illuminator, was translated into fifteen languages and chosen as a book sense 20062007 reading group pick. Feb 01, 2019 in her elegant novel, the illuminator, brenda rickman vantrease breathes light into the dark corners of feudal england, laying bare the consequences of political and spiritual oppression, and illuminating the power of both love and the written word to save. The illuminator illuminator, book 1 by brenda rickman. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Dec 27, 2005 the illuminator by brenda rickman vantrease it is england, in the late fourteenth century, a time when the old feudal order is starting to crack, but the whim of a lord or the pleasure of a bishop still has the power to seal nearly anyones fate. The fruit of her hands book by michelle cameron official. This historical novel takes place in the tumultuous fourteenth century, when the churchs stranglehold on england is draconian and true believers are held within the grasp of a greedy bishop who squeezes every serf and villein for their last coin to purchase the favors of god and the salvation of their souls.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. While john wycliffe works for church reform under john of gaunts protection, his followers enjoy no such luxury. Dec 27, 2005 brenda rickman vantrease lives in nashville, tennessee. She grew up and was educated in the middle tennessee area where she graduated with a b. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
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