I found this book engaging, encouraging and challenging. It describes the lives of several extraordinary women in the turmoil of Reformation Europe. Amongst others, these include an escapee nun who married Martin Luther; a wife who helped her husband to mediate in doctrinal disputes; and a four-time widow, married in turn to three prominent reformers, who undertook dangerous journeys from Strasbourg to England. All the women featured in this book managed huge routine workloads; supporting friends, family and husbands, caring for the sick and sheltering refugees. They lived through epidemics, religious wars and political upheaval while furthering the spread of Biblical Christianity, persevering in personal faith and growing in their relationship with God. Their stories challenge us to do the same.

Bea Rankin, St Columba's Free Church, Edinburgh

Bea Rankin, St Columba's Free Church, Edinburgh