tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post4555149892517839525..comments2024-01-27T03:42:09.622-05:00Comments on A Bookish Affair: HF Virtual Book Tours: Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary SharrattMeg @ A Bookish Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-73736842502155654712013-11-11T19:40:51.241-05:002013-11-11T19:40:51.241-05:00I definitely want to read more about her!I definitely want to read more about her!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-24481463518301926522013-11-11T19:40:10.158-05:002013-11-11T19:40:10.158-05:00Whoa! I'm going to have to look up the DVDs. W...Whoa! I'm going to have to look up the DVDs. Which one are you getting?<br /><br />This is what I love about historical fiction; there always seems to be wormholes to go through once you learn about a fascinating figure!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-19076761487814733272013-11-11T19:22:13.160-05:002013-11-11T19:22:13.160-05:00I was on this tour too. I gave it a "3"...I was on this tour too. I gave it a "3" b/c I found some of the repetitious descriptions really annoying and the writing got a little choppy sometimes although it was really good for the most part. Overall, it was a good book. I didn't know anything about Hildegard before reading it so from that angle it was really interesting!<br />Ashley (Closed the Cover)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300780091593314311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-19398288894135556232013-11-11T09:39:31.013-05:002013-11-11T09:39:31.013-05:00I read this, too. Here's what I thought.
ILLU...I read this, too. Here's what I thought.<br /><br />ILLUMINATIONS tells the story of Hildegard von Bingen, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and as a prophet by the Lutheran Church.<br /><br />Hildegard's divine visions were likely the reason her mother gave her to a Catholic monastery when she was a child, where she was forced into a tomb-like existence for 30 years. Her visions continued her entire life. When she was sure they came from God, she saw the importance of writing a book about them. Further synopsis is in the review above.<br /><br />ILLUMINATIONS is based on documented fact, but it is not a biography. Here, Hildegard's story is told as a novel. In so doing, Sharratt interjects Hildegard's thoughts, psychological insights, and dialog and keeps the reader's interest more than a biography would. For readers like me, that makes this book more readable, and that is why I rate the book so highly.<br /><br />Like all good novels that are based on fact, ILLUMINATIONS will have you needing to know exactly what really happened and what is Sharratt's fiction. She talks about this in the "Afterward," which I thought should have begun the book rather than ended it.<br /><br />I wondered most about Hildegard's special relationship with Sister Richardis. So I did some digging, searching the Internet. And that made me want to learn even more, and that made me want to search Netflix. Sure enough, they have a couple DVDs about Hildegard, and now one of them is on its way to me.techeditorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713987832589573174noreply@blogger.com