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Martin Luther
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Reformation in Europe
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Product details
- ISBN 9780993333149
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 18 Oct 2017
- Publisher: Sanderling Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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RUNNER-UP Historical Novel Society New Novel Award
'Assured, evocative, compelling. A fascinating reading experience.'
Catherine Cho, Lead judge HNS
At 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 Luther
Germany 1505
Following 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.'
Margaret Skea grew up in Ulster at the height of the 'Troubles', but now lives with her husband in the Scottish Borders.
Awarded the Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author 2014 and Historical Fiction Winner in the Harper Collins / Alan Titchmarsh People's Novelist Competition for her debut novel Turn of the Tide, the sequel A House Divided was longlisted for the Historical Novel Society New Novel Award 2016. The third book in the series, By Sword and Storm, is due for publication in July 2018.
Katharina: Deliverance is the first of two novels based on the life of Katharina von Bora, the escaped nun who married Martin Luther. It was Runner up in the Historical Novel Award. the sequel, Katharina Fortitude, was shortlisted for the Bookbrunch Selfies Award. She is passionate about well-researched, authentic historical fiction and providing a 'you are there' experience for the reader.
An Hawthornden Fellow and award winning short story writer - recent wins include, Neil Gunn, Chrysalis Prize, and Winchester Short Story Prize. Placings and listings include Historical Novel Award, Bookbrunch Selfies Award, Rubery Short Story, Historical Novel Society Short Story, Mslexia, Fish - Short Story and One Page Prize and the Matthew Pritchard Award. She has been published in a range of magazines and anthologies in Britain and the USA.
