{"product_id":"pope-joan-book-donna-woolfolk-cross-9780517593653","title":"Pope Joan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePope Joan\u003c\/i\u003e has all the elements one wants in a historical drama - love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book.\u003ci\u003e-Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this international bestseller and basis for the 2009 movie of the same name\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliant 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 . . . \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrings the savage ninth century vividly to life in all its alien richness. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel.\u003cbr\u003e--Rebecca Fraser, Author of The Bront s","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49573850546449,"sku":"GOR007813273","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49916871016721,"sku":"CIN0517593653VG","price":5.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50036176879889,"sku":"CIN0517593653G","price":4.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51853203931409,"sku":"CIN0517593653A","price":4.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53294309048593,"sku":"GOR006814157","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0517593653.jpg?v=1751198632","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/pope-joan-book-donna-woolfolk-cross-9780517593653","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}