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"Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama-love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book."-Los Angeles Times Book Review
In this international bestseller and basis for the 2009 movie of the same name, Donna Woolfolk Cross brings the Dark Ages to life in all their brutal splendor and shares the dramatic story of a woman whose strength of vision led her to defy the social restrictions of her day.
For a thousand years her existence has been denied. She is the legend that will not die-Pope Joan, the ninth-century woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to become the only female ever to sit on the throne of St. Peter. Now in this riveting novel, Cross paints a sweeping portrait of an unforgettable heroine who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept.
Brilliant and talented, young Joan rebels against medieval social strictures forbidding women to learn. When her brother is brutally killed during a Viking attack, Joan takes up his cloak-and his identity-and enters the monastery of Fulda. As Brother John Anglicus, Joan distinguishes herself as a great scholar and healer. Eventually, she is drawn to Rome, where she becomes enmeshed in a dangerous web of love, passion, and politics. Triumphing over appalling odds, she finally attains the highest office in Christendom-wielding a power greater than any woman before or since. But such power always comes at a price . . .
"Brings the savage ninth century vividly to life in all its alien richness. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel."-Rebecca Fraser, author of The Brontës
"Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama-love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book."-Los Angeles Times Book Review
In this international bestseller and basis for the 2009 movie of the same name, Donna Woolfolk Cross brings the Dark Ages to life in all their brutal splendor and shares the dramatic story of a woman whose strength of vision led her to defy the social restrictions of her day.
For a thousand years her existence has been denied. She is the legend that will not die-Pope Joan, the ninth-century woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to become the only female ever to sit on the throne of St. Peter. Now in this riveting novel, Cross paints a sweeping portrait of an unforgettable heroine who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept.
Brilliant and talented, young Joan rebels against medieval social strictures forbidding women to learn. When her brother is brutally killed during a Viking attack, Joan takes up his cloak-and his identity-and enters the monastery of Fulda. As Brother John Anglicus, Joan distinguishes herself as a great scholar and healer. Eventually, she is drawn to Rome, where she becomes enmeshed in a dangerous web of love, passion, and politics. Triumphing over appalling odds, she finally attains the highest office in Christendom-wielding a power greater than any woman before or since. But such power always comes at a price . . .
"Brings the savage ninth century vividly to life in all its alien richness. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel."-Rebecca Fraser, author of The Brontës
In 1973, Cross moved to Syracuse, New York, with her husband and began teaching in the English department at an upstate New York college. She is the author of two books on language, Word Abuse and Mediaspeak, and coauthor of Speaking of Words. The product of seven years of research and writing, Pope Joan is her first novel. Cross is at work on a new novel set in 17th century France.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 425 |
| Inhalt: | 426 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780307452368 |
| ISBN-10: | 0307452360 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Cross, Donna Woolfolk |
| Hersteller: |
Random House LLC US
Crown Books Three Rivers Press |
| Maße: | 203 x 134 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Donna Woolfolk Cross |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 0,331 kg |
In 1973, Cross moved to Syracuse, New York, with her husband and began teaching in the English department at an upstate New York college. She is the author of two books on language, Word Abuse and Mediaspeak, and coauthor of Speaking of Words. The product of seven years of research and writing, Pope Joan is her first novel. Cross is at work on a new novel set in 17th century France.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 425 |
| Inhalt: | 426 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780307452368 |
| ISBN-10: | 0307452360 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Cross, Donna Woolfolk |
| Hersteller: |
Random House LLC US
Crown Books Three Rivers Press |
| Maße: | 203 x 134 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Donna Woolfolk Cross |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 0,331 kg |
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