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Author:
Cross, Donna Woolfolk.
Title:
Pope Joan [Book] / Donna Woolfolk Cross.
Format:
[Book] /
Edition:
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
viii, 422 pages ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Joan,--Pope (Legendary character.)
Joan,--Pope (Legendary character)--Fiction.
Joan, Pope, died 858?--Fiction.
Ninth century--Fiction.
Heroes and heroines, European--Fiction.
Male impersonators--Europe--Fiction.
Women scholars--Europe--Fiction.
Popes--Legends--Fiction.
Women rebels--Europe--Fiction.
Women popes--Fiction.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500--Fiction.
Notes:
"Ballantine reader's circle"--Cover. Includes "reading group discussion guide.".
Summary:
Set against the turbulent events of the Dark Ages, a fictional account of the controversial figure of historical record profiles a spirited woman who, disguised as a man, rose to rule Christianity as the only woman ever to become pope.
ISBN:
0345416260 (paperback)
9780345416261 (paperback)
Locations:
JKPC771 -- Polk City Community Library (Polk City)

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