Mauriac, Francois.
Saint Margaret of Cortona. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman.
New York, Philosophical Library, 1948. 13.8 cm x 20.5 cm. IX, 231 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Light rubbing to upper and lower spine. Discoloration to edges, endpapers, front and rear pastedowns. Dustjacket chipped. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.
This biographical story by novelist Francois Mauriac, “deals with the mysterious fate of that great sinner and Saint of medieval Italy who was reckless in her sin and then glorious in her devotion.” (Jacket notes)
Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born in Laviano, near Perugia, and died in Cortona. She was canonized in 1728.
François Charles Mauriac was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française (from 1933), and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952).(Wikipedia)
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