KATHARINA 1- DELIVERANCE PB

Following the death of her mother and her father’s remarriage, five-year-old Katharina is placed in the convent at Brehna. She will never see her father again.

Sixty-five miles away, at Erfurt in Thuringia, Martin Luder, a promising young law student, turns his back on a lucrative career in order to become a monk.

The consequences of their meeting in Wittenberg, on Easter Sunday 1523, will reverberate down the centuries and throughout the Christian world.

A compelling portrayal of Katharina von Bora, set against the turmoil of the Peasant’s War and the German Reformation ... and the controversial priest at its heart.

About the Author:
Margaret Skea is an Hawthornden Fellow and award-winning novelist and short story writer. Short story credits include Neil Gunn, Fish, Mslexia, Rubery and the Historical Novel Society. Her stories have been published in print magazines, anthologies and online in the UK and the US, as well as a short personal collection.

Growing up in ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland much of her writing is concerned with living within conflict, and the pressures that places on families, relationships and on personal integrity.

All of which are relevant to the lives of the Luthers and therefore central to her Katharina Series: Deliverance and Fortitude semi-fictionalised biography based on the life of Katharina von Bora, Martin Luther’s wife. Deliverance placed 2nd in the international Historical Novel Society New Novel Award 2018 and the sequel, Fortitude, was shortlisted for the UK BookBrunch prize for independently published fiction 2020.

She is passionate about providing an authentic ‘you are there’ experience for readers and relishes the challenge of bringing to life significant, but shadowy historical figures.

Product details:
Publisher : Sanderling Books (18 Oct. 2017)
Paperback : 381 pages
ISBN-13 : 9780993333149