The Burning Woman Author:Jessie Ford WOULD SHE BURN FOR ALL ETERNITY OR FIND HEAVENLY SALVATION? — In a Catholic orphanage in Venice in 1687, Cathryn Godwyne and Father Vittorio, drawn together by music, fell deeply in love. Ecstasy electrified their nights, but guilt tormented their days. Vittorio called Cathryn "Strega Bella" -- Beautiful Witch. — THIS IS THE MAGNIFICENT ... more »STORY OF THE LIFE OF CATHRYN GODWYNE, THE BURNING WOMAN.
Was her love for Vittorio pure and tender, or were they sinners in a pagan paradise of forbidden pleasure? Was she a vessel of everlasting beauty to be adored or a whore to be used against her will by her Protestant guardian in England?
Why was she so drawn to Vanya, a wise woman who taught her the healing power of herbs and the mysteries of the Old Religion? Was she the Devil's woman, a seductress, a thief of God's love?
Or was she simply a woman who loved a priest more than she could love any god?« less