- Published: 2 January 2006
- ISBN: 9781845950040
- Imprint: Pimlico
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 544
- RRP: $34.99
Mary Magdalen
Truth and Myth
- Published: 2 January 2006
- ISBN: 9781845950040
- Imprint: Pimlico
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 544
- RRP: $34.99
A sparky and erudite book, packed with information and written with passion
Julia O'Faolain, Times Literary Supplement
A book full of delights, anecdotes, observations; it exhibits a wealth of scholarship, and a passion and charm which are hard to resist
Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times
Haskins' analysis of the Magdalen myth is a rich and scholarly detective story, an unveiling which is at the same time a revelation. This is an intelligent book, which blends a sensitive and critical knowledge of art with theology and history. It is written with style and a delightful mocking wit, and is mercifully free of tediously inconclusive arguments about sex and gender
Angela Tilby, Church Times
The strengths of Mary Magdalen are real and obvious. It has a bold sweep. It takes an icon of faith and sexuality and trails it through ideas and hypocrisies, through travesties and beautiful representations on canvas and in bronze
Eavan Boland, Observer