Richly-woven, entertaining and luminous, this story of two fourteenth century women on a pilgrimage - the outrageous Margery Kempe and her orphan maid servant - is as much about the journey they make into themselves as the one across Europe and to Jerusalem. For readers who treasure historical fiction that is deeply grounded in research but never wears it like a medal, this is a treat. ffiona Perigrinor has delved into the 14th century and brought her women not only into the present but allowed them to shine.