{"product_id":"life-of-st-teresa-of-avila-by-herself","title":"Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e  One of the most influential - and best loved - spiritual autobiographies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I beg anyone who reads this account to bear in mind, for the love of the Lord, how wicked my life has been'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in the Castilian town of Ávila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love. She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain, yet always denied her own saintliness. This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and, after Don Quixote, Spain's most widely read prose classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by J. M. Cohen\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232689344856,"sku":"9780140440737","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140440737_fda56c71-a550-452d-a5f3-d35e84905378.jpg?v=1777194050","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/life-of-st-teresa-of-avila-by-herself","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}