Résumé du livre

The Virgin Mary is one of the most revered women in the history of the world, yet, amazingly, there is relatively little known about the details of her life. This beautiful book, adorned throughout with gold ink, brings the pieces of the puzzle together to create a moving portrait of this remarkable woman from her childhood to the Annunciation and the Nativity, and then to her role as mother full of joy and loss, and to her own death and assumption into heaven.

Her life story is unveiled in a rich collection of the words and images that have defined her throughout the history of Christianity. Constructing a passionate biography of Mary and a captivating account of the time in which she lived, this book also offers insight into the symbolic dimension of this key figure and the universal nature of her story.