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First published in the 1950s, this modern masterpiece is Lawrence Durrell's translation and adaptation of Emmanuel Royidis's classic "Papissa Joanna"--the story of history's only female pope. The story's source is a ninth-century legend: a girl disguised as a monk makes her way from Greece to Rome, is elevated to the throne of St. Peter, and rules over Christendom for a time as Pope John VIII.

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  • Criticism & Theory
  • Education & Reference
  • Historical
  • Literary
  • Fiction
  • Contemporary Women
  • Literature
  • Biographical
  • Greek

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