The Life of the Virgin

First, this book may or may not have been written by Maximus the Confessor. Second, it's really old, around the 7th century. It's all about the Virgin Mary although people like Mary Magdalene do appear. As with many works of that time a great deal of the book is spent in praising her, Jesus, God and whoever else he wants to praise.

As to the rest of the book that is not involved in praise, some of the highlights include:

Mary (Jesus' mother) was involved in every aspect of his ministry.
She was the leader of the women who followed Christ.
She continued being a leader after the death of Jesus.
She was beautiful.
She loved learning and was an excellent student.
When she got to be 12 she was made to get married.
She was rich.
Childbirth is painful due to what Eve did.
The birth of Jesus was painless. It seems somehow the baby was teleported or something out of her so she remained a virgin.
The origin of the Devil is told.
There's quite a few times when he refers to Jews as the murderers of Jesus.
He did not perform miracles of any nature until he grew up.
Mary Magdalene died as a martyr in Rome.
He also refers to the Jews as malevolent, wicked and godless.
He goes into details of what happened to her and her body upon her death.

The part that surprised me was Mary Magdalene dying in Rome which disagrees with the other books I have read about her.