Burdens of Sister Margaret, The

By Craig Harline

Book Overview

Harline gives readers the whole of a hidden world--from all the routine aspects of life in a counter-Reformation convent (like, he writes, unpolished, more heated Flemish versions of Jane Austen) to the more exotic events that defined the life of poor Sister Margaret, who earned the other sisters' hostility by accusing a young chaplain of sexual harassment.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385473958
• ISBN13: 9780385473958
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Better Than Fiction

Once you start it is hard to put this book down. The story of Sister Margaret is a tale demonic possession, sex, and hate. At the side time the secret convent life of the 17th century is exposed. The book is an easy, entertaining read that also teaches of female religious life in early modern Europe. It is a refreshing way to approach history and the subject of women and convents.