Luther and Katharina: A Novel of Love and Rebellion by Jody Hedlund
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is worth reading on so many levels. It’s a beautiful – if tempestuous – romance. It’s chocked full of good history. The setting is wonderfully done. And the characters are real, not only in that they are historical characters, but they have all the faults and foibles of real people. Jody Hedlund didn’t whitewash them into larger-than-life caricatures.
This isn’t a book about the Reformation. It’s a book about Martin Luther – the man – and Katharina von Bora – the woman. It’s their story from the time Katharina escaped the convent (I didn’t realize what an ordeal that was) until they finally come together. They face danger, hunger, betrayal, disappointments, and all sorts of unpleasant things along the way.
Read it.
Published by Pegg Thomas
Pegg Thomas lives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with Michael, her husband of *mumble* years. She creates American stories with real history and fictional characters inspired by her ancestors who immigrated here in the mid-1600s.
Pegg won the 2019 FHL Readers’ Choice Award for novellas, was a double-finalist for the 2019 ACFW Carol Award for novellas, and a finalist for the 2019 ACFW Editor of the Year. She was a finalist in the 2021 FHL Readers’ Choice Award for novellas. Pegg won the 2022 Selah Award for historical romance and placed 2nd with her second entry. She was also a finalist for the 2023 Selah Award and placed 2nd for the 2024 Selah Award. Pegg spent 3 ½ years as the managing editor of Smitten Historical Romance.
When not writing or editing, Pegg can be found in her garden, her kitchen, or sitting at one of her spinning wheels creating yarn to turn into her signature wool shawls.
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