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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... eyes melted in their sockets, and fingers sloughed off, one by one. As a member of the commune, it was he who had strengthened the laws against lepers. Each new podesta, amonth before taking office inAssisi, must now make a scrupulous ...
... eyes melted in their sockets, and fingers sloughed off, one by one. As a member of the commune, it was he who had strengthened the laws against lepers. Each new podesta, amonth before taking office inAssisi, must now make a scrupulous ...
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... eyes over me. "It was on this road, I remember. You were riding on a pallet then. Now you ride like a lady. My, how you've grown! And how in the mode you are, with the little peregrine perched on your wrist. The bird is called ...
... eyes over me. "It was on this road, I remember. You were riding on a pallet then. Now you ride like a lady. My, how you've grown! And how in the mode you are, with the little peregrine perched on your wrist. The bird is called ...
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... eyes, hidden as they are by the pretty hood. What color might they be—golden?" "Gold and black." "Sharp, like yours?" "Sharp," I said, "as bodkins. She can see in all directions." "At once?" "If she chooses." "What a truly marvelous bird.
... eyes, hidden as they are by the pretty hood. What color might they be—golden?" "Gold and black." "Sharp, like yours?" "Sharp," I said, "as bodkins. She can see in all directions." "At once?" "If she chooses." "What a truly marvelous bird.
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... eyes to look at the heavens. But I wish that Marsilio was with us. I sent him a letter weeks ago and invited him here to witness the event, but he wrote back and called me a fool for believing in such maunderings." The two men had ...
... eyes to look at the heavens. But I wish that Marsilio was with us. I sent him a letter weeks ago and invited him here to witness the event, but he wrote back and called me a fool for believing in such maunderings." The two men had ...
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... 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 gown with the ribbons and rosebuds, leaning above him on the balcony. A sigh must have ...
... 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 gown with the ribbons and rosebuds, leaning above him on the balcony. A sigh must have ...
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