The book is an imagining of the life of the medieval poet, Marie de France, ejected from court life and sent to a remote, impoverished royal English abbey. She transforms it through leadership, ambition and 'visions', aiming for a feminist utopia. The daily life, trials and tribulations are magnificently described but I found I had reservations, perhaps the present tense, lack of variation in tone and slightly Marie herself.
(Christine Miller - bwl 105 Summer 2022 ) |
