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Posted: Dec 04 2005 at 8:27pm | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
My husband would like to read (and own) a scholarly, but accessible, book about St. Catherine of Siena. We were given the opportunity to visit her home, see her (reasonably intact!) head, etc. a couple of years ago. Since I'm mired in the Back of Beyond, I'd appreciate any recommendations you have. Thanks!


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I loved Lay Siege to Heaven by Louis De Wohl. It is a novel but it is very well written and it is very accurate. From all his books LSTH was my favorite.

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I second that. I really enjoyed Lay Siege to Heaven, it was hard to put it down.

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Posted: Dec 08 2005 at 8:47pm | IP Logged Quote BrendaPeter
Hi Nancy,

I'll 3rd the Louis de Wohl book but also wanted to mention St. Catherine of Sienna by Bl. Raymond of Capua who was her confessor. Bl. Raymond of Capua writes as if he's speaking to you so some of it is actually quite funny. This book is a real "1st-hand account".



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