Rapture - The reimagined life of the first and only female pope

The motherless child of an English priest living in ninth-century Mainz, Agnes is a wild and brilliant girl with a deep, visceral love of God. At eighteen, to avoid a future as a wife or nun, Agnes enlists the help of a lovesick Benedictine monk to disguise herself as a man and secure a place at the revered Fulda monastery. So begins the life of John the Englishman: a matchless scholar and scribe of Fulda, then a charismatic heretic in an Athens commune and, by her middle years, a celebrated teacher in Rome. There, Agnes (as John) dazzles the Church hierarchy with her knowledge of the old and new languages of Europe, theology and Church law - and finds herself at the heart of political intrigue in a city where gossip is a powerful (and deadly) currency. And when the only person who knows her identity arrives in Rome, she will risk everything to once again feel what it is to be known - and loved.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Emily Maguire, Maguire Emily
• Editore: Sceptre
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.03.2025
• EAN: 9781399731065
• ISBN: 978-1-399-73106-5
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Medieval, Myths and Legends, Myth & legend told as fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / Feminist, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, FICTION / World Literature / Europe (General), Later 9th century, c 850 to c 899