by Donna Cross · tapa dura · ISBN 9782744105517
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«La papesse Jeanne» is the historical novel by Donna Cross, published by France Loisirs in hardcover (578 pages, in French).
Set in the ninth century, the novel follows Joan, a girl who defies the limitations of the women of her time and adopts a male identity to study and make her way in the Church. According to legend, her intelligence and determination take her from a monastery to Rome until she reaches the papacy.
The English original 'Pope Joan' was published in 1996; the French edition, translated by Hubert Tézenas, appeared in 1997.
A work for readers of historical fiction interested in the Middle Ages and in female figures who defied the roles of their era.
