The Pilgrim's Italy: A Travel Guide to the Saints (Colleen Heater) Review

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(More customer reviews)It really never occurred to me that I might use The Pilgrim's Italy: A Travel Guide to the Saints as an actual guide book to understand the religious culture of Italy. Then, my husband and I found ourselves charmed and immersed in the religious culture of the exquisite Italian countryside (and cities) where we found our unlikely travel companion in this book to be invaluable. For example, as foot tourists in Northern Italy, we were rescued by The Pilgrim's Guide from our destination dilemma when we found ourselves at the train station in Menestra instead of Venice! Thankfully, The Pilgrim's Guide was very helpful. The book says, when you are in Mesestra, you still must take another train to get into Venice. Why can't other travel books be so simple and specific? One might also read The Pilgrim's Italy for its delightful short biographies of Italy's most popular (and plentiful!) saints, but it's an inspirational read as well as a marvelous travel book.

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This comprehensive travel guide offers all that is needed to visit the profound pilgrimage sites of Italy, meditate on the lives of the saints, and experience their blessings. The authors combine inspiring biographies of dozens of saints with practical tourist information leading the seeker into a world of sacred travel and personal transformation.

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London Lodgings (The Quentin Quartet , No 1) Review

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(More customer reviews)Rayner's story of Tilly's progress from sheltered child to a woman who must make her own way in London is an interesting episodic pilgrimage. The characters in the book ring true from Tilly's dominant father Austen, to her maid and nemesis Dorcus. As a period piece which tells the story of a woman in the late 1850's and early 1860's, it is an interesting study on the roles of women. When the fundamentalist lawyer visits and offers the opinion that women should never be allowed to own property or handle their own finances, it puts us in touch with how far society has progressed in the 140 years since. While a bit plodding in places, I kept opening the book to read the next chapter and usually was surprised by the next development. Tilly did seem to be a bit icy as a love interest, but the tale is engagingly told. I found the book to be well worth the read!

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When her less-than-ideal husband dies and leaves her in near poverty in Victorian London, Tilly Kingsley is unwilling to return to her abusive family and decides to open a lodging house, despite the rigid social codes that would repress her.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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