Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife


Gelesen von Dory

(4.9 stars; 7 reviews)

This is a fictionalized biography of the wife of the reformer Dr. Martin Luther. In the author's words, he hopes that "people may learn to know the wife of its greatest man,—not by name only, but as her husband's 'helpmeet,' in the truest sense of the word, as a pattern of domestic virtue, and as a pearl among women."

- Summary by Dory Smith (5 hr 29 min)

Kapitel

Author's Preface and Book First - The Maiden. Chapter 1 A Conspiracy 15:31 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 2 Disappointed Hope 8:10 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 3 Dawn 9:50 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 4 Freedom 10:19 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 5 Sheltered 16:43 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 6 A Fleeting Fancy 7:10 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 7 Katharine in Trouble and Dr. Martin in Strife with his Friends 12:03 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 8 A Sudden Resolve 14:22 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 9 A Day of Rejoicing 6:50 Gelesen von Dory
Book Second--The Wife. Chapter 10 "As Sorrowing, Yet Always Rejoicing" 7:24 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 11 The Faithful Eckart 11:26 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 12 A New Life 15:00 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 13 "As Dying, and, Behold, We Live" 17:02 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 14 Bereaved and Comforted 8:47 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 15 Alone 11:29 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 16 God's Inn 9:10 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 17 Peace 18:23 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 18 The Mother and Her Children 13:43 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 19 Risen from the Dead 8:09 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 20 "Lord" Kate 9:59 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 21 Luther's Last Will 6:19 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 22 Little Lena 11:28 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 23 Once More in Zulsdorf 7:10 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 24 Parting 10:21 Gelesen von Dory
Book Third--The Widow. Chapter 25 Alone 11:55 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 26 War 19:27 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 27 More Trouble 7:42 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 28 Glimpses of Sunshine 14:35 Gelesen von Dory
Chapter 29 Release 8:56 Gelesen von Dory

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(5 stars)

Very nicely red ..very good book.. thank you


(5 stars)

I really loved reading this book. I had recently read Eric Metaxis’ biography of Martin Luther, so a fictionalized biography of his wife—a former nun—was too good to pass up. The author includes many letters between the sweethearts, so we know the fiction is based on real history.