{"product_id":"pope-joan-9780307452368","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\u003e\"Brings 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broadway Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307452368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Donna Woolfolk Cross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635577548956,"sku":"9780307452368","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8ef54860-cd3a-43d2-850a-fb6ce97fc2e9.jpg?v=1603839953","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pope-joan-9780307452368","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}