Pope Joan / Donna Woolfolk Cross.
Par : Cross, Donna Woolfolk.
Éditeur : New York, NY : Ballantine Books, 1996Description :422 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN : 9780345416261 (pbk.).Sujet(s) : Joan, Pope (Legendary character) -- Fiction | Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Fiction | Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 -- Fiction | Popes -- Legends -- FictionGenre/Forme :Historical fiction.Ressources en ligne : Publisher's Website. | Check the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) catalog. Résumé : "For a thousand years her existence has been denied - Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity. Now this compelling novel animates restrictions her soul cannot accept. When her older brother dies in a Viking attack, the brilliant young Joan assumes his identity and enters a Benedictine monastery where, as a Brother John Anglicus, she distinguishes herself as a scholar and healer. Eventually drawn to Rome, she becomes enmeshed in a dangerous mix of powerful passion and explosive politics that threatens her life even as it elevates her to the highest throne in the Western world." (Book Cover)| Type de document | Site actuel | Collection | Cote | Numéro de copie | Statut | Date d'échéance | Code à barres |
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CR Julien-Couture RC (Learning) Fiction | Fiction | REA CRO 3 (Parcourir l'étagère) | 1 | Disponible | A020497 |
Parcourir CR Julien-Couture RC (Learning) Étagères , Localisation: Fiction , Code de collection: Fiction Fermer l'étagère
| REA CHO 2-3 The Jade Peony : a novel / | REA CLA 3 The Polished Hoe / | REA COL 2-3 The Hunger Games / | REA CRO 3 Pope Joan / | REA CUN 3 The Hours / | REA DAN 3 The Farming of Bones / | REA DEA 2 Alone in an Untamed Land : |
Includes "reading group discussion guide."
"For a thousand years her existence has been denied - Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity. Now this compelling novel animates restrictions her soul cannot accept. When her older brother dies in a Viking attack, the brilliant young Joan assumes his identity and enters a Benedictine monastery where, as a Brother John Anglicus, she distinguishes herself as a scholar and healer. Eventually drawn to Rome, she becomes enmeshed in a dangerous mix of powerful passion and explosive politics that threatens her life even as it elevates her to the highest throne in the Western world." (Book Cover)
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