{"product_id":"pope-joan","title":"Pope Joan","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePope Joan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDonna Woolfolk Cross\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780345416261\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBallantine Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1997\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReissue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\"Engaging . . . Pope Joan has all the elements: love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003eFor a thousand years men have denied her existence--Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity for two years. Now this compelling novel animates the legend with a portrait of an unforgettable woman who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept.\u003cbr\u003eWhen her older brother dies in a Viking attack, the brilliant young Joan assumes his identity and enters a Benedictine monastery where, as Brother John Anglicus, she distinguishes herself as a scholar and healer. Eventually drawn to Rome, she soon becomes enmeshed in a dangerous mix of powerful passion and explosive politics that threatens her life even as it elevates her to the highest throne in the Western world.\u003cbr\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 Brontë s\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Pope Joan | Donna Woolfolk Cross | Paperback | 9780345416261 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1644778","offer_id":50708628635906,"sku":"1644778","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71LOZ89O8rL.jpg?v=1791709632","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/pope-joan","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}