Pope Joan
Author: Donna Woolfolk Cross
“Engaging . . . Pope Joan has all the elements: love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets.”–Los Angeles Times Book ReviewFor 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 wh….Read More
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