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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... rear were Ruffo, captain of the guards, and his men, all in full armor, riding white horses, and displaying the Montanaro pennon of crossed swords on a background of stars. The leper's bell drew closer. When first I heard it 2.
... rear were Ruffo, captain of the guards, and his men, all in full armor, riding white horses, and displaying the Montanaro pennon of crossed swords on a background of stars. The leper's bell drew closer. When first I heard it 2.
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... me, he 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.
... me, he 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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... horse in a circle and making a bow. The river ran low, so we lost nothing in the crossing and began the long climb to Assisi. I thought about Francis Bernardone. I wondered about him and the leper. Why had he covered his face and fled ...
... horse in a circle and making a bow. The river ran low, so we lost nothing in the crossing and began the long climb to Assisi. I thought about Francis Bernardone. I wondered about him and the leper. Why had he covered his face and fled ...
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... horse cantering through fields of asphodel on an April morn. Princess Ricca is afraid to meet him. She would rather dream. Which is very wise of Ricca." Worn out with talking, we were silent for a while. Then in the silence the ...
... horse cantering through fields of asphodel on an April morn. Princess Ricca is afraid to meet him. She would rather dream. Which is very wise of Ricca." Worn out with talking, we were silent for a while. Then in the silence the ...
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... horse blankets. The cathedral square was flooded with citizenry. The flood spilled over into courtyards and arcades, ran off toward other piazzas.. It seemed that everyone in Assisi and the whole countryside had come to celebrate the ...
... horse blankets. The cathedral square was flooded with citizenry. The flood spilled over into courtyards and arcades, ran off toward other piazzas.. It seemed that everyone in Assisi and the whole countryside had come to celebrate the ...
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