{"product_id":"my-way-to-canossa-david-brendan-omeara-9798249287702","title":"My Way to Canossa","description":"Thoroughly absurd and yet all-too-real, \u003ci\u003eMy Way to Canossa\u003c\/i\u003e follows four journeys that re-imagine the Middle Ages amid the political and technological changes of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.\u003cbr\u003eIt isn't an historical novel. It's an investigation of how the present uses the past.\u003cbr\u003eIn the midst of a world-wide financial crisis, an American history buff flies to Germany, rents a minivan, picks up some passengers and sets off on a journey across the Alps.\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 2009, but in the minivan, it's 1077.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Way to Canossa\u003c\/i\u003e explores: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea Canadian self-help book for men, with roots in the anti-Semitic movement of 19th century Germany, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean ultra-Catholic biography of a warrior princess, marketed to teenage girls, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand pop-feminist telenovelas full of wish fulfillment fantasies, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e...all interwoven with the history buff's blog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Brendan O'Meara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249287702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"David Brendan O'Meara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997580701951,"sku":"9798249287702","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-way-to-canossa-david-brendan-omeara-9798249287702","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}