The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe, Lynn Staley
The Book of Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe, Lynn Staley

The Book of Margery Kempe

Margery Kempe, Lynn Staley

336 pages first pub 1438 (editions)

nonfiction classics history reflective slow-paced
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The story of the eventful and controversial life of Margery Kempe - wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Here Kempe (c.1373-c.1440) recounts in vivid, unembarrassed detail the mad...

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