God's Fool: The Life and Times of Francis of Assisi

ISBN-10
0006276903
ISBN-13
9780006276906
Category
Assisi (Italy)
Pages
274
Language
English
Published
1993
Author
Julien Green

Description

This novel, from the author of The Closed Garden, Moira and The Other Sleep, attempts to create a portrait of St Francis of Assisi, tracing his pampered childhood, the worldly days of his youth and his eventual conversion. It also explores the establishment of his religious order.

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