Saintmaker: The Remarkable Life of Francis de Sales, Shepherd of Kings and Commoners, Sinners and Saints [Paperback]

Michael De La Bedoyere (Author)

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• Paperback: 357 pages
• Publisher: Sophia Institute Press (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0918477867
• ISBN-13: 978-0918477866
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,974,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great saint. So-so bio., July 7, 2010

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This review is from: Saintmaker: The Remarkable Life of Francis de Sales, Shepherd of Kings and Commoners, Sinners and Saints (Paperback)

I'm a little more than half finished the book and will surely finish it, but even at this point I can tell you the following: The biographer certainly has credentials and does his work. But it's a lumbering job. Maybe it's the translation, but the sentences are convoluted and you have to spend a lot of time trying to figure out just what he's trying to say. Maybe others wouldn't feel that way, but I did. Also, I'm not at all convinced that the author understands mysticism very well, and mysticism was a very important aspect of de Sales' life.

But in any case, St. Francis de Sales was a wonderful guy -- a great saint, and the biographer does give us a fully detailed accounting of his life.