num_pages: 273
description: This novel, from the author of "The Closed Garden", "Moira" and "The Other Sleep", attempts to create a portrait of St Francis of Assisi, tracing his pampered childhood, the worldly days of his youth and his eventual conversion. It also explores the establishment of his religious order.
language: English
title: God's fool: The life and times of Francis of Assisi
titlecomplete: God's fool: The life and times of Francis of Assisi
genres: Catholic, History, Religion, Spirituality, Faith, Biography Memoir, Biography, Christian, Literature, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 177
publisher: Harper & Row