278 pp., bibliography, index, 2 appendixes, editors Emily E. Auger and Janet Brennan Croft, cover illus. by Patrick H. Wynne, inside illus. by Sarah Beach and Bonnie Callahan, and numerous illus. of Tarot cards. Essays include "The Triumph of Love: Interpretations of the Tarot in Charles Williams's The Greater Trumps," "The Jewels of Messias: Images of Judaism and Anti-semitism in the Novels of Charles Williams," and "Charles Williams."
Nancy-Lou Patterson taught at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, for thirty years. She was not only an active artist, poet, and fiction writer, she also published extensively on the Inklings and authors associated with them. Her paper on Tarot, first presented in the early 1970s, is a must-read, ground-breaking classic on the subject.