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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... crowd had gathered at a bonfire. One of the musicians, a youth dressed in an embroidered tunic, wearing a velvet cap with a cock's feather and a broad belr set with shimmering studs and clasps, I recognized at once. It was impossible to ...
... crowd had gathered at a bonfire. One of the musicians, a youth dressed in an embroidered tunic, wearing a velvet cap with a cock's feather and a broad belr set with shimmering studs and clasps, I recognized at once. It was impossible to ...
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... crowd. Then Francis Bernardone was singing, softly and clearly: "Put out my searching eyes! Blind me! Let me never again see thybeauty, For my heart itcrucifies." The fire shone on his upturned face. I wondered if he saw me in my white ...
... crowd. Then Francis Bernardone was singing, softly and clearly: "Put out my searching eyes! Blind me! Let me never again see thybeauty, For my heart itcrucifies." The fire shone on his upturned face. I wondered if he saw me in my white ...
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... crowd. I looked everywhere through the chanting throng for the red tunic and yellow-feathered cap. I had seen the miracle of Saint Viotorinus four times before, since I was nine years old, so I kept looking for Francis all during the ...
... crowd. I looked everywhere through the chanting throng for the red tunic and yellow-feathered cap. I had seen the miracle of Saint Viotorinus four times before, since I was nine years old, so I kept looking for Francis all during the ...
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... crowd, I followed him. Before we reached the door he had disappeared, and when I saw him again, outside on the cathedral steps, he had shed his bishop's garb and was dressed in an outlandish costume, one half of which was red silk from ...
... crowd, I followed him. Before we reached the door he had disappeared, and when I saw him again, outside on the cathedral steps, he had shed his bishop's garb and was dressed in an outlandish costume, one half of which was red silk from ...
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... crowd that had pressed around to gawk at him. With a cry he grasped Giacoma, one of the servants, and twirled her about. Then he did the same to Leonarda, Consolata, Patrizia, and blind Lucia Barbrero. Only Clare and I were left. It was ...
... crowd that had pressed around to gawk at him. With a cry he grasped Giacoma, one of the servants, and twirled her about. Then he did the same to Leonarda, Consolata, Patrizia, and blind Lucia Barbrero. Only Clare and I were left. It was ...
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