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First published in the 1950s, this modern masterpiece is Lawrence Durrell's translation and adaptation of Emmanuel Royidis's classic "Papissa Joanna"--the story of history's only female pope. The story's source is a ninth-century legend: a girl disguised as a monk makes her way from Greece to Rome, is elevated to the throne of St. Peter, and rules over Christendom for a time as Pope John VIII.Durrell, Lawrence is the author of 'Pope Joan - Lawrence Durrell - Paperback' with ISBN 9780140037609 and ISBN 0140037608.
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