On the Road with Francis of Assisi A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond

Name: On the Road with Francis of Assisi A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond
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ISBN: 9780345469663

ISBN-10: 0345469666

ISBN-13: 9780345469663

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Authors: Linda Bird Francke

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On the Road with Francis of Assisi offers a unique and lively travelogue of parallel journeys: that of Francis of Assisi on his way to sainthood in the thirteenth century, and that of author Linda Bird Francke, who followed his path through the beauty of central and coastal Italy- and even on to Egypt. Francke tells the compelling story of Saint Francis through the many places he visited. She and her husband, Harvey Loomis, used as their guidebooks medieval texts, including the first official biography of the saint, completed in 1229, just three years after he died. Theirs was not a spiritual journey but one based on admiration for a man whose legend continues to inspire and fascinate…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/12/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.23" wide x 7.98" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Introduction


Maps



Mozart Among the Giottos



Lost in Perugia



The Missing Letter in Spoleto



The Old Rome



Showdown in Assisi



Clare's "Prison"



Peace March in Santa Maria degli Angeli



Francis Gets His Marching Orders



The First Tour to the Marches



The Pope Has a Dream



Desperately Seeking Francis and the Birds



Clare Flees to Francis



Eating Well and Tuscany's First Hermitages



Shrieking Swallows in Alviano



The Marches Again-Green Fields, Blue Adriatic



Finding Francis Along the Nile



Cruising the Venice Lagoon



Poor Francis



Following Francis to Italy's Boot



The Beautiful Rieti Valley



Touched by an Angel at La Verna



The Painful Road Back to Assisi



Agony in the Rieti Valley



Hearing the Larks Sing


Acknowledgments


Travel Notes


Source Notes


Bibliography


Index