Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi

Title: Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi Author: Donald Spoto ISBN: 9780670031283 Publisher: Viking Adult Published: 2002 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Biography 1556925 Publisher Description: "Don't make a saint of me," Francis of Assisi told a friend-even as his charisma and holiness were dazzling his contemporaries and generating a legend that has lasted almost a millennium. In "Reluctant Saint," Donald Spoto, author of the acclaimed "The Hidden Jesus," shows us a Saint Francis who transcends the image of Francis familiar to even the least religious among us: wealthy profligate, soldier, businessman, preacher, defender of the poor, mystic-and, later, a lodes