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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... square anvil, a hammer, and also, quite often, a very ignorant fellow. It's one of the small horrors of the war." Raul was referring to the bloody struggle between the town of Perugia and the city of Assisi. It was a terrible war; we ...
... square anvil, a hammer, and also, quite often, a very ignorant fellow. It's one of the small horrors of the war." Raul was referring to the bloody struggle between the town of Perugia and the city of Assisi. It was a terrible war; we ...
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... square beard and his small, pouting ruby-red lips. I had decided that I would get myself to a nunnery rather than be his bride. "It's been scarcely a year since I've seen you," he said, running his eyes over me. "It was on this road, I ...
... square beard and his small, pouting ruby-red lips. I had decided that I would get myself to a nunnery rather than be his bride. "It's been scarcely a year since I've seen you," he said, running his eyes over me. "It was on this road, I ...
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... Square, watching the skies for the serpent star. Raul had brought a chart of the heavens when he came from Granada. Father had engaged him to teach me the history of the world and some of its languages, but Raul had a liking for ...
... Square, watching the skies for the serpent star. Raul had brought a chart of the heavens when he came from Granada. Father had engaged him to teach me the history of the world and some of its languages, but Raul had a liking for ...
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... Square came a clash of cymbals and the braying of horns. A band of musicians surrounded by a motley crowd had gathered at a bonfire. One of the musicians, a youth dressed in an embroidered tunic, wearing a velvet cap with a cock's ...
... Square came a clash of cymbals and the braying of horns. A band of musicians surrounded by a motley crowd had gathered at a bonfire. One of the musicians, a youth dressed in an embroidered tunic, wearing a velvet cap with a cock's ...
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... square. Next to her are the Barbarossas, Beatrice and Aspasia, equally favored. And let's not forget Clare di Scifi, of the noblest of all Assisi families, a girl famed for her beauty and winning disposition. If you believe that Francis ...
... square. Next to her are the Barbarossas, Beatrice and Aspasia, equally favored. And let's not forget Clare di Scifi, of the noblest of all Assisi families, a girl famed for her beauty and winning disposition. If you believe that Francis ...
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abbess Abelard arms asked Assisi Aunt Sofia beautiful bells Benedictine Bible bird Bishop Pelagius Brother Illuminato candle Cardinal Pelagius cathedral Christ Christian church Clare di Scifi cloak cloth courtyard crowd crusaders Damietta dance dawn door dressed Egypt eyes face father Fifth Crusade Francis Bernardone gate gave gaze girl glanced hand head heard Heloise Holy Holy Land horse Jean de Brienne leper letter looked Lord Maimonides Malik-al-Kamil Manaldo monastery Moslem Mother Sibilia never Nicola night palace Perugia Porziuncola pray Raul reached Ricca di Montanaro Rinaldo river robe Rosanna San Damiano San Paolo San Rufino Square Santa Maria Maggiore scriptorium ship Signor silent Simonetta smile Song of Solomon sound steps stones stood street sultan sultan of Egypt supper talk tell thought told took turned vellum Venice voice vows wait walls watched wind wish woman women words