Marilyn Kohinke Washburn spent over a decade researching and writing, A Rose Without a Thorn and its sequel, Swords of the Spirit. Marilyn is a history buff, who attended Meramec C...ver másMarilyn Kohinke Washburn spent over a decade researching and writing, A Rose Without a Thorn and its sequel, Swords of the Spirit. Marilyn is a history buff, who attended Meramec Community College in St Louis, Missouri, before going on to study psychology at Ohio State University. She states, "Both Henry VIII's break with Catholic Rome and England's Royal Tudors' influence on the Protestant Reformation has always been of great interest to me. Writing both books has been an incredible journey into the past." She invites all who are in pursuit of freedom of religion and thought as well as equal rights for both men and women to join her journey by reading her books. She sincerely hopes that those who do, will not only enjoy her work, but will also appreciate that perhaps by learning from such a bloody past we will not be doomed to repeat it.ver menos