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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... side of the river. Now it was right in front of us, on the road we were traveling, between us and the city. My father pulled up his mount and called to one of the oxboys. "Run down until you find the creature," he said. "Get him off the ...
... side of the river. Now it was right in front of us, on the road we were traveling, between us and the city. My father pulled up his mount and called to one of the oxboys. "Run down until you find the creature," he said. "Get him off the ...
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... side of the street to the other, Bernardone had made a dead end of it. This was against the law, a law my father had helped to write, which required merchants to pile their goods no closer to the center of the street than one inch, and ...
... side of the street to the other, Bernardone had made a dead end of it. This was against the law, a law my father had helped to write, which required merchants to pile their goods no closer to the center of the street than one inch, and ...
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... side, as I walked sedately toward him over the cobbles, my heart beating. Raul introduced himself and me to Bernardone, who got my name wrong—Pica instead of Ricca—which was not a good beginning. Then to his son. "I have seen you before ...
... side, as I walked sedately toward him over the cobbles, my heart beating. Raul introduced himself and me to Bernardone, who got my name wrong—Pica instead of Ricca—which was not a good beginning. Then to his son. "I have seen you before ...
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... side of the square. I was tempted to follow him and leave Francis Bernardone standing there in the bitter wind. "You carry the falcon on your wrist because all the other rich girls do so," he said. "It's the fashion these days. But the ...
... side of the square. I was tempted to follow him and leave Francis Bernardone standing there in the bitter wind. "You carry the falcon on your wrist because all the other rich girls do so," he said. "It's the fashion these days. But the ...
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