Blessed Are The Meek: A Novel About St. Francis of Assisi

New York, New York, U.S.A: Roy Publishers, 1944. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Roy Publishers, 1944. Hardback First English Language Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition without a jacket. Bound in red cloth with black and blue title panel on spine with red title, black title on front. Clean with three small pale red spots and two faint scratches on front; Minimal wear to extremities; square, tight & solid volume. Rough cut on fore edge and bottom edge. Prev owner bookplate on endpaper. Pages very clean and completely free from any markings, lightly toned. St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) was born Francesco Bernardone in Assisi, Umbria, into a well-to-do family and well-loved. This is a rousing, adventurous, historical novel, with the life of St. Francis weaving in and out through all historical events and circumstances. It is set in one of the critical periods of Christian history, at the end of the 12th century, the century of the great cathedrals. It was the age when the Catholic Church became engorged with power; the age of the troubadour; the age in which the Sultan of Egypt found one Christian who practices what Christianity preached-St. Francis of Assisi. It contains one of the great stories of history, the second Children's Crusade, that ended so tragically. An amazing history. 375 pages. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Roy Publishers, New York, 1944.