Instead of simply narrating the life of the saint, Robson looks at Francis through the thoughts and writings of those who knew him: his parents, the local bishop, Pope Innocent III, Cardinal Ugolino, Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Clare. What emerges is a new understanding of the saint.
- ISBN10 0225668769
- ISBN13 9780225668766
- Publish Date 2 September 1999 (first published 8 January 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Geoffrey Chapman
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English