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In 1355, Margaret of Ashbury depends on renegade friar Brother Gregory to record her life story and her experience of a state of Mystic Union, and he is forced to accept the state of grace of this "mere woman." Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

In 1356, Margaret of Ashbury marries the scholarly Gregory de Vilers, and when he is taken prisoner by the French and held for ransom, she and two friends--an herbalist and an alchemist--embark on a dangerous quest to rescue him, despite the apathy of his miserly family, in the sequel to A Vision of Light. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Returning to England after rescuing her husband, Gregory, from his French captors, Margaret turns to old friend Brother Malechi to help her save her young daughter from an unwanted marriage brokered by Gregory's meddling father, a situation complicated when warring factions rouse an ancient being that dwells in a spring at the heart of a disputed forest. Original. 20,000 first printing.

When Henry VIII arranges a marriage between his sister, Princess Mary, and the aging French king, widowed painter Susanna Dallet joins the entourage of the princess-bride, unwittingly carrying a perilous secret that will embroil her in the dark intrigues of the French court. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

New York Times and USA Today Bestseller "An outstanding historical novel of 17th-century France ... based on a real-life scandal known as the Affaire des Poisons, this tale is riveting from start to finish."--Library JournalHer ability to see the future may prevent her from living in the present...For a handful of gold, Madame de Morville will read your future in a glass of swirling water. You'll believe her, because you know she's more than 150 years old and a witch, and she has all of Paris in the palm of her hand. But Madame de Morville hides more behind her black robes than you know. Her real age, the mother and uncle who left her for dead, the inner workings of the most secret society of Parisian witches: none of these truths would help her outwit the rich who so desperately want the promise of the future. After all, it's her own future she must control, no matter how much it is painted with uncertainty and clouded by vengeance.More Praise for The Oracle Glass: "Absorbing and arresting."--New York Times"Fascinating and factual."--Los Angeles Times"Chilly, witty, and completely engrossing ... great, good fun."-- Kirkus Reviews"Take a full cup of wit, two teaspoons of brimstone, and a dash of poison, and you have Judith Merkle Riley's mordant, compelling tale of an ambitious young woman who disguises herself as an ancient prophetess in order to gain entry into the dangerous, scheming glamour of the Sun King's court. Based on scandalous true events, The Oracle Glass brims with our human foibles, passions, and eccentricities; it's a classic of the genre and unlike any historical novel you have ever read."--C. W. Gortner, author of The Confessions of Catherine de Medici