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.