Pope Joan
Autor: | Durrell, Lawrence |
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EAN: | 9781531816360 |
Sachgruppe: | Belletristik |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Unbekannt |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 16.08.2016 |
Schlagworte: | Unabridged Audio - Fiction / General |
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Pope Joan traces the remarkable history of a young woman who, according to tradition, travelled across Europe in the ninth century disguised as a monk, acquired great learning and ruled over Christendom for two years as Pope John VIII before dying in childbirth. On the books first publication in Athens in 1886, it created a sensation; it was banned and its author excommunicated. The work became nevertheless soon established itself securely in Greek literature. Subsequently Durrell, with his adaptation, created a masterpiece in its own right. Translated and adapted from the Greek of Emmanuel Royidis