Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife


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(4.8 stars; 6 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)

Chapters

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

Reviews


(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.


(5 stars)

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