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Completely new and refreshing subject-matter from the last book I read, but that tends to be the case. Having only been a distant observer of the folklore and life of St. Francis of Assisi, I look forward learning more and experiencing it from a woman's narrative.
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Neat book. Ricca's love for Francis can be inspiring at times, but at other times the plot became very unbelievable and I couldn't really follow her emotions. I was genuinely surprised at the amount of freedom of choice she had, being a teenage girl in thirteenth-century Italy, born into nobility, and of marrying/childbearing age. Maybe this wasn't very accurate to the time period?
Overall, a lovely collection of small and large adventures and interesting happenings, my favorite being Ricca's Egyptian dance for the sultan, although her attitude about seemed inconsistent with the general disposition of her character throughout the book. I look forward now to reading more about the life and works of Saint Francis of Assisi, and even more so, the historical decimation of Damietta and other atrocities of the crusades.
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Neat book. Ricca's love for Francis can be inspiring at times, but at other times the plot became very unbelievable and I couldn't really follow her emotions. I was genuinely surprised at the amount of freedom of choice she had, being a teenage girl in thirteenth-century Italy, born into nobility, and of marrying/childbearing age. Maybe this wasn't very accurate to the time period?
Overall, a lovely collection of small and large adventures and interesting happenings, my favorite being Ricca's Egyptian dance for the sultan, although her attitude about seemed inconsistent with the general disposition of her character throughout the book. I look forward now to reading more about the life and works of Saint Francis of Assisi, and even more so, the historical decimation of Damietta and other atrocities of the crusades.
