The Illuminator
Book description
A glowing first novel that brings us "historical fiction in the grand epic manner, beautifully felt and written"
It is England, in the fourteenth century -- a time of plague, political unrest and the earliest stirrings of the Reformation. The printing press had yet to be invented, and books were…
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1 author picked The Illuminator as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved the portrait of late 14th-century feudal England in this story of a master illuminator and his forbidden English translation of the Bible.
There are not many books set in this period, and it really immersed me in the time. Lady Kathryn of Blackingham Manor is a character that is both strong and vulnerable, and I was really rooting for her and for her relationship with Finn, the craftsman, to work out. The monastic life is excellently described, as is the craft of illumination.
This is a book that stayed with me for a long time with…
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