The Road to DamiettaHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004 M10 25 - 318 pages The Newbury Award-winning author delivers “what may be his finest novel” in this young adult narrative of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Fifth Crusade (Publishers Weekly). Rich in the atmosphere of thirteenth-century Italy, The Road to Damietta offers a fascinating new perspective on the man who became Saint Francis of Assisi: the guileless, joyous man who praised the oneness of nature and sought to bring the world into harmony. Thirteen-year-old Ricca di Montanaro, who secretly loves the young Francis, watches in awe as he disavows his rich father and declares himself a servant of Christ. Following him on his journey, Ricca recounts Francis’s attempt to bring peace amidst the bloodshed of the Fifth Crusade. “Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace,” he said. “Where there is hatred, let me sow love, where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.” And so he set off on the road to Damietta… |
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... spurred his horse across the bridge and rode away at a fast canter. "Poor boy," my mother said. To her any man younger than twenty years was a boy. "He's so sensitive." "Yes, brought up by a doting mother," my father said. -7.
... spurred his horse across the bridge and rode away at a fast canter. "Poor boy," my mother said. To her any man younger than twenty years was a boy. "He's so sensitive." "Yes, brought up by a doting mother," my father said. -7.
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Scott O'Dell. "Yes, brought up by a doting mother," my father said. "She clothed him in dresses until he was five, I hear." "True," said Rinaldo, who disliked Francis Bernardone intensely. "Sensitivity has come into fashion, so he's ...
Scott O'Dell. "Yes, brought up by a doting mother," my father said. "She clothed him in dresses until he was five, I hear." "True," said Rinaldo, who disliked Francis Bernardone intensely. "Sensitivity has come into fashion, so he's ...
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... brought a chart of the heavens when he came from Granada. Father had engaged him to teach me the history of the world and some of its languages, but Raul had a liking for astronomy, and although my father thought it pointless for ...
... brought a chart of the heavens when he came from Granada. Father had engaged him to teach me the history of the world and some of its languages, but Raul had a liking for astronomy, and although my father thought it pointless for ...
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... brought heartbreak instead. In June every year Assisi celebrated the feast of Saint Victorinus. From balconies and windows hung tapestries and pennons. Laurel wreaths adorned the doors, and everyone, save children and young girls ...
... brought heartbreak instead. In June every year Assisi celebrated the feast of Saint Victorinus. From balconies and windows hung tapestries and pennons. Laurel wreaths adorned the doors, and everyone, save children and young girls ...
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... brought before a magistrate, just as in the days of ancient Rome, and asked to make a sacrifice to Vulcan, the pagan god, which he calmly refuses to do. The mob—played by those now assembled in the square— turns violently against him ...
... brought before a magistrate, just as in the days of ancient Rome, and asked to make a sacrifice to Vulcan, the pagan god, which he calmly refuses to do. The mob—played by those now assembled in the square— turns violently against him ...
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