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Historical fiction set circa 850 A.D. when a woman supposedly ascended to the papacy. It's an interesting premise, but I thought the writing was mediocre. Did no one question why she had no beard after spending all that time in the dungeon? Still, I liked the basic storyline and was entertained. And the premise of a woman pope made for great discussion at book club. ...more
Tara
Feb 10, 2023 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
This is the second book from my postal book club this year. And the only reason I even gave this book a shot is because it was part of that club. Otherwise, I would never have picked this book up at all. I hunted down an audiobook of this book because I had a pretty good feeling that if I tried to read the print version, I wouldn't make it very far. I definitely made the right call with the audio version. I did end up finishing it, but I can't say definitively whether I liked it or not. I'm tota ...more
Katharine
Jun 14, 2009 marked it as to-read
Connie N.
Mar 11, 2014 marked it as to-read
Elle
May 12, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Nell
May 24, 2015 marked it as on-my-shelves  ·  review of another edition
Celeste
Jan 15, 2017 marked it as to-read
Viji
Jul 11, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ammp, sfrc, nbrc, hfu-2016, 2017, tt-v
Mackenzie Thornton
Aug 23, 2024 marked it as to-read