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The Secret Testament of Julian - by Simon Parke (Paperback)

The Secret Testament of Julian - by  Simon Parke (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Julian of Norwich was the first woman in the world to write a book in English, and yet had largely disappeared from view until her rediscovery during the twentieth century. Who was she? Why did she pray for a near-death experience and then choose containment in a cell? And how did she come to speak with such optimism? Let Julian tell her story.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Julian of Norwich was the first woman in the world to write a book in English, and yet had largely disappeared from view until her rediscovery during the twentieth century.</p><p>A fourteenth century anchoress in Norwich, she lived in a cell for forty years, surrounded by savage plague, political inequality and religious bigotry.</p><p>Yet Julian gave the world one of its most famous calls to hope: 'All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well.'</p><p>Who was she? Why did she pray for a near-death experience and then choose containment in a cell? And how did she come to speak with such optimism?</p><p>In <em>The Secret Testament of Julian</em>, she tells her own story, full of difficulty and joy. No plaster saint, but a flesh and blood woman who from the silence of her cell speaks with a strength that few today can equal.</p><p>Let Julian tell her story.</p>

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