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Cover of Crown for Joanna

Crown for Joanna

Sister Mary Jean Dorcy

Length
1 h 50 min
Chapters
8
Language
English
First published
1946

She was born a princess, heir to her father’s kingdom of Portugal, and she might at will have reigned from almost any throne in Europe. But instead of this, she made what to her world seemed a thoroughly mad choice – for she chose to have a throne in heaven. Today those scepters are dust which she would not accept, and as Blessed Joanna of Portugal she possesses a throne imperishable…

This children’s biography of Blessed Joanna of Portugal was written by Sister Mary Jean Dorcy, a Catholic Dominican Nun. The author is probably best known for her exquisitely intricate paper cutting silhouettes, with which she illustrated her books. (Introduction from the original book and by Maria Therese)

Chapters

From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org), all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org).