It is the turn of the 14th century, a time when the Church forbids women to teach.
Marguerite Porete knows all about Hell. She's been there-and survived to tell the tale.
Her book The Mirror of Simple Souls describes in passionate detail her intimate encounters with God and is greeted with enthusiasm by influential scholars, disillusioned monks, and even the Countess of Hainault.
Meanwhile Guillaume de Paris, ambitious Dominican friar, is rising to high office. As Inquisitor of France he instigates the brutal arrests of the Knights Templar which infuriates the pope.
At this fateful moment Marguerite is sent to Guillaume on suspicion of heresy. Her life is at stake. But Marguerite realises the inquisitor has even more to lose than his tattered reputation-unless she can convince him that only Love will set him free.
The Hidden Mirror of La Porete recreates the life of the inspired medieval mystic who remained anonymous for six centuries in a similar way to Victoria McKenzie's For They Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain.
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Gewebe-Einband
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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978-1-0684339-2-4 (9781068433924)
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Cornwall-based priest Susan Shooter is the author of the new historical novel 'The Hidden Mirror of La Porete'.After studying 'The Mirror of Simple Souls' during her PhD researchay Kings College London, she felt a burning desire to make medieval mystic Marguerite Porete's story known to a wider audience. To keep her sane through the years it has taken for her to transition into writing fiction, Susan has knitted countless pairs of socks, kept an allotment and whilst growing her organic fruit and veg, has spent the occasional sunny afternoon in her hammock.Her next novel will cover a subject closer to home: the story of her father's escape from Hungary as a teenager at the end of World War II.Susan's first book 'How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God' ((c) Routledge, 2016) was based on her doctoral thesis, and she has published work in journals on practical theology. In 2019 she gave the inaugural lecture for The Bible, Gender & Research Centre, Cliff College, Derbyshire.
