Overview

The captivating story of the world's favorite saint is now retold for a modern audience by one of the great novelists of our time. Perhaps more than any other figure in Christian history since Jesus Christ, Saint Francis of Assisi has captured our imagination, for his is a story of extreme self-sacrifice, of love to God and man. How could this wealthy, handsome youth cast away all the advantages that were his by birth and choose instead a career of poverty and humility? How could he attract members of all strata of society to his mission? And how, when his order became established throughout Europe, could he renounce great personal power and humbly continue his life's work? Here is Francis, from his twelfth-century boyhood to his life as a missionary roaming the very boundaries of the known world. Here too are the men and women who followed him--Bernard de Quintavalle, the rich businessman; Peter Cathanii, the lawyer; Brother Giles, the farmer's son; Lady Clare; and so many others--all drawn together by the personal magnetism and humble faith of their leader, all re-created by bestselling novelist Elizabeth Goudge against a rich medieval canvas.

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Author:   Elizabeth Goudge
Publisher:   Plough Publishing House
Imprint:   Plough Publishing House
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780874866780

ISBN 10:   0874866782
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   17 September 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Part I Francesco Bernadone Chater 1 The Beginning Chapter 2 The Leper Chapter 3 The Crucifix Chapter 4 The Builder Chapter 5 My God and My All Chapter 6 The Rule Part II Knights of God Chater 1 The first Order Chapter 2 The Second Order Chapter 3 The Third Order Part III The Kingdom Chater 1 The Rich Chapter 2 The Poor Chapter 3 The Creatures Chapter 4 The Chapter of Mats Chapter 5 The Crusades Part IV The Power and the Glory Chater 1 The Return Chapter 2 The Darkness Chapter 3 Midwinter Spring Chapter 4 Alvernia Chapter 5 The Last Journey Chapter 6 The Larks Bibliography

Reviews

Elizabeth Goudge’s novels, long or short, have always been distinguished by a quality of lyrical joyousness more usually associated with poetry than with prose and, perhaps, with music than with writing. -- <b>New York Times</b> An absorbing story….Elizabeth Goudge makes skillful use of contemporary sources, St. Francis’s own writings and those of his followers, and the legends – employing them with the skill of a gifted storyteller. A superb recreation of a wonderful personality, who even today holds a unique place in people’s imagination and hearts. -- <b>Kirkus Reviews,</b> starred review

An absorbing story .Elizabeth Goudge makes skillful use of contemporary sources, St. Francis s own writings and those of his followers, and the legends employing them with the skill of a gifted storyteller. A superb recreation of a wonderful personality, who even today holds a unique place in people s imagination and hearts.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Author Information

Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) was one of the most popular British novelists of the twentieth century. Her Green Dolphin Street, a #1 New York Times bestseller, was made into an Academy Award–winning film. She also wrote many acclaimed children’s books—in 1946 she won the Carnegie Medal for The Little White Horse, which J. K. Rowling has said was her favorite book as a child. Elizabeth Goudge’s Christian spirituality pervades all her work, but nowhere as explicitly as in her books God So Loved the World: The Story of Jesus Christ and My God and My All: The Story of Saint Francis of Assisi.

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