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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... girls also inhabit Piazza San Rufino. There's the pretty Fabrissa Filippi directly across the square. Next to her are ... girl famed for her beauty and winning disposition. If you believe that Francis Bernardone sings only to you, then ...
... girls also inhabit Piazza San Rufino. There's the pretty Fabrissa Filippi directly across the square. Next to her are ... girl famed for her beauty and winning disposition. If you believe that Francis Bernardone sings only to you, then ...
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... girl in Assisi thinks she's in love. And now it's you that joins the many. You've never met Bernardone. Never so much as spoken a word to him and yet you claim to be in love. What nonsense!" "Must I speak to him? Isn't it enough that I ...
... girl in Assisi thinks she's in love. And now it's you that joins the many. You've never met Bernardone. Never so much as spoken a word to him and yet you claim to be in love. What nonsense!" "Must I speak to him? Isn't it enough that I ...
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... girls, watched the solemn festivities and afterward frolicked through the streets to the songs and antics of the tripudianti, acompany of dancers. This year the leader of the tripuiianti, as for two years past, was Francis Bernardone ...
... girls, watched the solemn festivities and afterward frolicked through the streets to the songs and antics of the tripudianti, acompany of dancers. This year the leader of the tripuiianti, as for two years past, was Francis Bernardone ...
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... girls who lived in Piazza San Rufino banded together against our parents and wrung from them permission to attend the Mass, provided we were accompanied by five watchful servants. It was a cold night when we hurried through the streets ...
... girls who lived in Piazza San Rufino banded together against our parents and wrung from them permission to attend the Mass, provided we were accompanied by five watchful servants. It was a cold night when we hurried through the streets ...
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... she was the most beautiful girl in the city of Assisi and the province of Umbria as well. Then I decided not to go at all, thinking it much too bold if I went by myself. Truthfully, I never decided. The decision was made for me. 21.
... she was the most beautiful girl in the city of Assisi and the province of Umbria as well. Then I decided not to go at all, thinking it much too bold if I went by myself. Truthfully, I never decided. The decision was made for me. 21.
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