Publisher's Synopsis
The year is 1486 in England . . . Two one-time strangers-now fast friends-continue their exploration into the story of Julyana Berners. Gorta, her granddaughter, and Wat, the schoolmaster printer, turn once more to the chronicles in which her extraordinary life is recorded. They discover that, although Julyana lives through ever more turbulent times, in quiet moments she begins work on the earliest of her famous treatises. As she grows into womanhood, she finds deep love, rediscovers a life-long friendship, and experiences the joy of childbirth. Yet there is also old tragedy that calls forth vicious revenge. She makes a dangerous enemy of the most powerful man in England. Then, in the end, there is a homecoming, a return she never imagined. And, through it all, Julyana Berners continues to write the timeless works that made her a legend.
