Pope Joan | Donna Woolfolk Cross
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#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial: https://booksreader.space/al-6871/ Title: Pope Joan Author: Donna Woolfolk Cross Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat Format: Unabridged Length: 19:24:00 Release date: 09-24-09 Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 503 votes Genres: History Publisher's Summary: Now in this riveting novel, Donna Woolfolk 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....
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