Bibliograph

I, Julian, Claire Gilbert

Type

Label

I, Julian, Claire Gilbert

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

I, Julian

Responsibility statement

Claire Gilbert

Summary

I, Julian is the the account of a medieval woman who dares to tell her own story, battling grief, plague, the church and societal expectations to do so. Compelled by the powerful visions she had when close to death, Julian finds a way to live a life of freedom as an anchoress, bricked up in a small room on the side of a church and to write of what she has seen. The result, passed from hand to hand, is the first book to be written by a woman in English. Tender, luminous, meditative and powerful, Julian writes of her love for God, and God's love for the whole of creation

Target audience

adult

Creator