Scenes From The Life Of St Francis.
Inspired by the great frescoes of St Francis of Assisi, the highly praised author of 'Italian Fever' and 'Property' has written a new and wholly original biography that enters directly into the world of the man who is at once the most radical and most universally beloved of all Christian saints.
'Salvation' begins with the dying Francesco - and the rivalry for his body among the towns of Medieval Italy - and moves back in time toward his mystical conversion.
