Burnham, Sophy.

A book of angels : reflections on angels past and present and true stories of how they touch our lives / [electronic resource] Sophy Burnham. - 1st ed. - New York : Ballantine Books, c1990. - xiv, 295 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

I: Angels & ghosts I have known: Angels & ghosts I have known -- Angels unawares -- Turn a stone/start a wing -- II: Angelology, or the knowledge of angels: Sons of God -- Thunder like drumming -- Battle of heaven & Princes of Hell -- Angelic doctors -- III: Images & dreams: Wings of silence -- My black angel & others -- IV: Letters on angels.

This intriguing book tells the extraordinary stories of present-day encounters with angels, traces the appearance of angels in various cultures, and explores how writers--such as Dante, Milton, and Shakespeare--have responded to angels throughout history.

0345361571 9780345361578

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Angels.

BL477 / .B87 1990

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