Julian's Cell
- Publisher
- Wood Lake Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2002
- Category
- Monasticism
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896836508
- Publish Date
- Jan 2002
- List Price
- $22.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770642843
- Publish Date
- Sep 2002
- List Price
- $9.19
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Description
Julian's Cell is a unique work of historical fiction, an attempt to imagine Julian of Norwich's life as it could have been. This is the earthy story of "Katherine" – daughter of a stern and bitter mother. Married at age 16 to Walter, she loses both her children and her husband during the great plagues. She has visions of the passion of Christ and becomes an anchorite – she is "buried alive" in a cell attached to St. Julian's church to lead a life devoted to prayer and spiritual counsel. Today she is known as Mother Julian, or Julian of Norwich, the first woman to write in the English language, and one of the greatest Christian theologians and mystics of all time.
About the author
Ralph Milton was publisher of Wood Lake Books from 1980 to 2000. He has written hundreds of magazine articles and is the author of over twenty books. He holds two honorary doctorates (Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of Sacred Letters). Milton lives in Kelowna, BC, with Beverley, his wife of 63 years.