Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen

by Mary Sharratt

Hardcover, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

F SHA

Collection

Publication

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2012), Edition: 1, 288 pages

Description

A novel based on the true story of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), who was offered by her parents as a tithe to the Church as a young child and who triumphed to become a powerful abbess, composer, prophet and polymath.

Awards

Audie Award (Finalist — 2014)
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year (Historical Fiction — 2012)

Original publication date

2012-10-09

Physical description

9.5 inches

ISBN

0547567847 / 9780547567846

Barcode

2806
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