Title: St. Francis's image survives this book
Review: Chesterton loves the sound of his own voice, and does not complicate matters by offering any logical or insightful discussion about St. Francis. The author's verbosity gets down right annoying from the very start. He does, however, make one interesting point about Francis: he says that the Saint praises God much in the fashion of the troubadours of the day. Francis's love for God, suggests Chesterton, is almost like the intense feeling one has for one's beloved. Francis obviously was able to have an intense passion for God and man, a passion that was strictly spiritual in nature. This book's only saving grace is that it is about one of the most complicated, awe-inspiring men who ever lived.
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