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John Holland Smith.
Francis of Assisi.

Published London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1972.
ISBN 0283978945.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: William Clowes & Sons, London, Beccles & Colchester.
Size: 144x222x28mm.
Page count: text [vi],210pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: ex‑lib. NYCC; dustjacket enclosed in librafoil, looks quite wrinkled, but otherwise not too badly worn; front free endpaper has been removed; the usual library marks & stamps, but appears to be free of readers’ marks.


This item £4.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 491g.

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Contents: Italy 1198; John the son of Peter Bernardone; Becoming a man of God; The world well lost; Pursuit of perfection; First rule; First hard years; Crusader; Abdication; Francis in Egypt; Death of a vision; Wounds of Christ; Francis’s teaching; September 1224-October 1226; Saint Francis.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 16 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes


See also | St. Francis |

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