Pope Joan is a wonderful book! Well researched and written. Pope Joan is one of the best books I have read. I highly recommend this to readers who like history and a bit of feminist ambition! I checked this out from the local Norfolk Public Library, however; because I liked this book so much I have purchased my own copy. This story is placed in the middle ages. It follows Joan a brilliant girl who shares her brothers’ education, and is able to rise within the Catholic Church after taking up her brother John’s cloak once he dies. I strongly suggest reading the author’s note in the back of the book before reading this novel. In reading the magazine, Real Simple, I noticed that one reader stated that as a little girl she had dreamed of being the first female pope. After reading that statement, I thought, “Well, you could be the second female pope, but the first openly female pope”. I only wish that I would have read this book before visiting the Rome and Vatican city over two years ago. Woolfolk Cross' deep historical inclusion of the Leonine Wall, the popes, the various buildings, streets and Christian churches within Rome made this book come alive to me. I found myself reading, and saying, Woolfolk Cross must have stood in many of the same places that I myself have stood within the Vatican and its surrounding Rome. The next time I walk along the Roman road the Via Sacra, now known as the Via S. Giovanni, it will have an entirely new meaning to me!
My rating: 5 out of 5.
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