![]() ![]() Honestly my main reluctance to read this was that I assumed it would be hagiography and I really do not like reading hagiography. It has biographical details, but not many of them. So if you are looking for a traditional biography, you will probably be disappointed by this book. ![]() Instead it is partially a biography and partially an exploration of the state of the Catholic church at the time of Francis and how Francis changed the Catholic church during his time and after. ![]() That and he is brilliant.Ĭhesterton’s biography of St Francis is not a traditional biography. He has a lot of asides and his fairly conversational writing style takes some getting used to. Chesterton is not the easiest author to read. I might have been better served by reading the kindle version instead of listening to the audio version. So I picked this book up at the beginning of July when I had some promotional credits at Audible. I have started paying attention to the audiobook discounts when you first purchase kindle books. Both of which were good reasons to read (listen) to this book. ![]() GK Chesterton’s biography of St Francis is one of the classic biographies of St Francis and Chesterton attributed his work on this book to his eventual conversion to Catholicism. Summary: A classic biography of St Francis from one of the great Christian authors of the 20th century. ![]()
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