As a Deer Yearns for Running Streams: The Story of Queen Margaret of Scotland Volume 1 - Vita, Lisa Di
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Mid-Eleventh Century, Hungary: Young Margaret's world falls apart when her father, Edward the Exile, is called to England to be the successor of King Edward the Confessor. Margaret's simple dream of becoming a nun at the nearby abbey is dashed as her family leaves the only home she's ever known for a strange new country. In England, historical events continue to thwart her deepest desires. Margaret must decide what kind of woman she'll become and how she'll face her destiny. A chance meeting with Malcolm III, King of Scots, begins a change of heart, but history isn't finished with her yet.Book…mehr

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Mid-Eleventh Century, Hungary: Young Margaret's world falls apart when her father, Edward the Exile, is called to England to be the successor of King Edward the Confessor. Margaret's simple dream of becoming a nun at the nearby abbey is dashed as her family leaves the only home she's ever known for a strange new country. In England, historical events continue to thwart her deepest desires. Margaret must decide what kind of woman she'll become and how she'll face her destiny. A chance meeting with Malcolm III, King of Scots, begins a change of heart, but history isn't finished with her yet.Book One in a trilogy about a remarkable woman: The Story of Queen Margaret of Scotland.
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Lisa Di Vita has been published in Los Angeles newspapers, the LA Press Club magazine as well as writing features for the Los Angeles Dodgers Game Day magazine. As a radio sportscaster, she wrote editorials and interviewed athletes from all sports. She was a boxing color commentator, broadcast regularly from Dodger Stadium and was elected the first female president of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters. She's given many speeches, on topics ranging from Abraham Lincoln to inspirational talks.Before focusing on writing, Di Vita was an actress, performing in theaters including the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Shubert Theater. Her first book, "Shattered Peacock," is set during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. "As a Deer Yearns for Running Streams," her second book, is the first of a trilogy set in the eleventh century. It follows the life of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, who lived during an historically calamitous era. A complex woman, she led a remarkably selfless life and was made a saint in 1250.Lisa and her husband, Chuck, now live in Arkansas.