The Road to Damietta (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
Rich in the atmosphere of thirteenth-century Italy, The Road to Damietta offers...
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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…
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…
Autoren-Porträt von Scott O'Dell
Scott O'Dell (1898-1989), one of the most respected authors of historical fiction, received the Newbery Medal, three Newbery Honor Medals, and the Hans Christian Andersen Author Medal, the highest international recognition for a body of work by an author of books for young readers. Some of his many books include The Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Road to Damietta, Sing Down the Moon, and The Black Pearl.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Scott O'Dell
- Altersempfehlung: 12 - 18 Jahre
- 2020, 318 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: HMH Books for Young Readers
- ISBN-10: 0547562047
- ISBN-13: 9780547562049
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.01.2020
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