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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... speaking through a lace handkerchief he held to his mouth. "Thank you most kindly, but I think I'll take the long road. The odor burrows into my skin and stays with me for days. Nothing washes it away." A bridge spanned the river a ...
... speaking through a lace handkerchief he held to his mouth. "Thank you most kindly, but I think I'll take the long road. The odor burrows into my skin and stays with me for days. Nothing washes it away." A bridge spanned the river a ...
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... 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 have seen him in the streets, on the roads, here in our courtyard, and 11.
... 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 have seen him in the streets, on the roads, here in our courtyard, and 11.
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... speak and also brings sight to a man who is blind. Then he is brought before a magistrate, just as in the days of ancient Rome, and asked to make a sacrifice to Vulcan, the pagan god, which he calmly refuses to do. The mob—played by ...
... speak and also brings sight to a man who is blind. Then he is brought before a magistrate, just as in the days of ancient Rome, and asked to make a sacrifice to Vulcan, the pagan god, which he calmly refuses to do. The mob—played by ...
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... . With all sorts of wild thoughts racing through my head, I reined in and waited for him to speak. "What do you call your little hawk?" he asked, out of breath, his face clouded. "Simonetta," I said. "A very pretty name for a very 31 4.
... . With all sorts of wild thoughts racing through my head, I reined in and waited for him to speak. "What do you call your little hawk?" he asked, out of breath, his face clouded. "Simonetta," I said. "A very pretty name for a very 31 4.
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... speaking the truth, that he did see the falcon's eyes beneath the hood. "Simonetta,"I said, "is young. She hasn't been trained. If I free her, she will never come back. She'll starve or be hunted down." "God will care for her, as He ...
... speaking the truth, that he did see the falcon's eyes beneath the hood. "Simonetta,"I said, "is young. She hasn't been trained. If I free her, she will never come back. She'll starve or be hunted down." "God will care for her, as He ...
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