Cross, Donna Woolfolk
Cross, Donna Woolfolk "Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama - love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. She is the legend that will not die--Pope Joan, the…
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Cross, Donna Woolfolk
"Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama - love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. 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. Cross has written an engaging book."-Los Angeles Times Book ReviewIn 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.
Now in this riveting novel, Cross paints a sweeping portrait of an unforgettable heroine who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept.