Maria of Agreda: Mystical Lady in Blue  is available in softcover and Kindle formats through the University of New Mexico Press  (UNMP), Amazon.com, and your favorite online or local store. And, it's getting great reviews. Here's what they're saying about it in:

SMRC Revista: "...a startlingly intimate portrayal of the life and struggles of one of the most influential women of the seventeenth century." 

Southwestern Historical Quarterly: "a real pleasure to read . . . an outstanding contribution to the researching of the Catholic heritage of the American Southwest."

Amazon.com: "I purchased thiswonderful book and found it difficult to put down. The book is thoroughly researched and so well written . . . [it] will keep the reader intrigued until the end. This book should be on your "must read" list. Enjoy it! "  

Catholic Southwest: "Any readers curious about mystical phenomena will find much to interest them in Marilyn Fedewa's engaging biography of María of Ágreda....Fedewa deserves credit for having brought the story of this once famous nun back to light."

Church History: "Scholars from diverse fields will find in this eminently readable and meticulously researched biography ample material to continue the study of one of Spain's most important--but for many, the least well known--Catholic mystics of the Counter Reformation."

A Contra Corriente Journal: "[Fedewa] fills out a compelling, three-dimensional character [in]. . . a spiritual biography of a unique woman who played a fascinating role in the politics of her time."

Colonial Latin American Historical Review: "This well-written book is recommended to the general reader and the professional interested in a unique facet of New Mexico's early history"  

This book is a definitive biography of the intriguing 17th century abbess who wrote Mystical City of God, advised King Felipe IV of Spain from behind the walls of the cloister, and indelibly influenced the history of the American Southwest. Within six months of its first release date in mid-June 2009, the hardcovers sold out! Effective January 2010, it became available in softcover, and in October 2011 it was released in Kindle. To read the catalog copy, please visit UNMP's website. For more of the back story on how the book came to be, please read about her biography, as well as some of the other pages on this website.

For book ordering information, call UNMP toll-free at 1-800-249-7737.  Libraries, booksellers, and other outlets can ask about the availability of a trade discount, which is even more favorable now than at the book's initial release, when ordered directly through the university or their retail and wholesale agents.