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Luther In Love By Douglas Bond

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If you want to know about a man’s accomplishments you ask the man. If you want to know his heart, you ask his wife. Such were the thoughts I had as I read Luther in Love by Douglas Bond. The story opens in November 1545 with Katie (Katherine von Bora) and Martin Luther enjoying a peaceful rainy evening alone in their cloister. In these opening scenes readers learn how Katie has been secretly penning a memoir about Luther by questioning him about his life prior to their union. What follows is largely Martin recounting the details with brief interjections by Katie. Until roughly two-thirds of the way through the book, when we reach the point of Katie’s escaping from the nunnery, and she becomes the primary storyteller. As a woman, I marvel
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