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POPE JOAN

ôIt is so gratifying to read about those rare heroes whose strength of vision enables them to ignore the almost overpowering messages of their own historical periodsà. Pope Joan has all the elements one wants: love, sex, violence, duplicity and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book.ö

ùLos Angeles Times Book Review

ôA fascinating and moving account of a womanÆs determination to learn, despite the opposition of family and society. Highly recommended.ö
...had had two large-sleeved tunics, and a warm mantle of the finest wool. She remembered how soft and smooth the expensive material had felt against her skin.

It had all ended so quickly. Two summers of drought and a killing frost ruined the harvest. Everywhere people were starving; in Thuringia there were rumors of cannibalism. Through the judicious sale of the family possessions, HrotrudÆs father had kept them from hunger for a while. Hrotrud had cried when they took away her woolen mantle.
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