{"product_id":"scribe-hugo-n-gerstl-9781950134168","title":"Scribe: The Story of the Only Female Pope","description":"The monastery at Siani was famous throughout the academic world for its library. The monks of medieval days routinely obtained ancient, crumbling manuscripts and recopied them. Among them, hidden in a wall in the cellar, the following parchment was found and faithfully recopied in the practiced hand of the Sianian monks several centuries after its original writing: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"According to the official Catalogue of Popes, after the Holy Father Leo IV died in the Year of Our Lord, Eight hundred fifty five, he was succeeded by Pope Benedict III. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI, Martin Paschal, swear upon my eternal soul that the Catalogue lies. Leo died on the twentieth day of June, eight hundred fifty-four, and to him succeeded John, who was a woman, who sat on the Papal Throne for two years, five months, and four days...\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not the first time that the sensational enigma of the legendary female Pope has been explored, but this version is different from all others in that it treats its characters with the seriousness and depth they deserve, while telling an epic story of Europe in the throes of birth in the darkest of the Dark Ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis epic saga was the first of \u003ci\u003eHugo N. Gerstl's\u003c\/i\u003e international best-sellers, attaining number two on the Portuguese best-seller list. It has been translated and published in the Czech Republic and Israel, and continues to be popular in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNovels\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003ci\u003eScribe\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003cb\u003eInternational Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e) - \u003ci\u003eThe Motherland Saga\u003c\/i\u003e in three volumes: \u003ci\u003eLegacy, Emergence, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eComing of Age. The Motherland Saga \u003c\/i\u003eis also available in an \u003ci\u003eAnthology Edition: Legacy - The Birth of Modern Turkey - The Deathmaster - ChildFinders - Oldies But Goodies Show - Amazing Grace\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003cb\u003eInternational Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e) - Billy Jenkins - Against All Odds (\u003cb\u003eInternational Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e) - Assassin (\u003cb\u003eInternational Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e) - \u003ci\u003eArcade - The Wrecking Crew\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003cb\u003eInternational Best Seller\u003c\/b\u003e) - \u003ci\u003eSkorzeny - Dancing With the Devil - Stalemate. - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eComing Soon\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Good Brother - The trial of Albert Goring - Set Rome Afire - The story of the First Pope John XXIII - The Danube. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugo N. Gerstl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1950134164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950134168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Panga Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d","brand":"Hugo N. Gerstl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083055603967,"sku":"9781950134168","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scribe-hugo-n-gerstl-9781950134168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}