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Jan 1, 2001 · 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, Donna Woolfolk Cross paints a sweeping portrait of an unforgettable heroine who ...
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A masterwork of suspense and passion that has as its center an unforgettable woman, the 9th Century Pope Joan. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel. Brilliant and talented, young Joan rebels against the medieval social strictures forbidding women to learn to read and write. When her older brother is killed during a Viking attack, Joan ...
Aug 1, 1996 · POPE JOAN. by Donna Woolfolk Cross ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 1, 1996. A remarkable woman uses her considerable intellect—and more than a little luck—to rise from humble origins to become the only female Pope, in this breakneck adventure from newcomer Cross. A longstanding tradition has insisted that there was a female Pope in the ninth century.
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Donna Woolfolk Cross took what little she could find and turned the information into a novel. Pope Joan is a historical novel about Joan from Ingelheim, a young girl who hungered for learning and was denied by her father, a canon of the Catholic church, and the time in which she lived, because she was female.
Jun 9, 2009 · Pope Joan: A Novel. Paperback – June 9, 2009. by Donna Woolfolk Cross (Author) 4.4 4,320 ratings. See all formats and editions. “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.
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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, Donna Woolfolk Cross paints a sweeping portrait of an unforgettable heroine who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept.
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. “A fascinating and moving account of a woman’s determination to learn, despite the opposition of family and society. Cross vividly creates the 9th century world ...
