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Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis

Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis

Martin, Valerie

Paperback

Religious BiographiesGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0375708839
ISBN13: 9780375708831
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Mar 12 2002
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.24 Depth: 8.04
Language: English
From the award-winning author of Property and bestselling author of Mary Reilly--a bold retelling of a familiar, beloved story (Los Angeles Times), inspired by the fresco cycles that depict the life of St. Francis of Assisi.

Drawing from myriad sources and moving in reverse chronological order, she begins in the dark, final days, with a suffering Francesco on the verge of death, then shows us the unwashed and innocent revolutionary, unafraid to lecture a pope on Christ's message. We see his mystical friendship with Chiara di Offreducci, a nobleman's daughter who turns her back on the world to join him, and finally, the frivolous young Francesco on the deserted road where his encounter with a leper leads him to an ecstatic embrace of God. Salvation is at once an illuminating glimpse into the medieval world and an original and intimate portrait of the man whose legend has resonated through the centuries.

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