![]() ![]() ![]() Riley’s prose skillfully evokes the atmosphere and flavor of the time period without resorting to self-conscious archaisms and preciousness. Her stories all feature spunky, smart heroines who survive and achieve lives of fulfillment and a measure of happiness despite the horrendous oppression of the patriarchal societies (very realistically and accurately portrayed based on the author’s extensive research) in which they live. ![]() Altogether, Judith Merkle Riley, a college professor, has written five such books. Recently, two polished and entertaining historical fantasies have become available again, having been absent from bookstore shelves since 1990.Ī Vision of Light, the first of the pair, is also the first novel by an American writer whose métier is historical fiction with strong fantasy elements set in late Medieval or early Renaissance England and France. By Amy Harlib Copyright 2007 by New Epoch Press. ![]()
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