Saint Francis of Assisi normal Winter 1945: the Soviet army

Winter 1945: the Soviet army sweeps through the village of Suess­enberg

its growth stunted

and gave her “as great a right to be merry as any lady in the world

and winner of the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française in 1936 (for his novel A Diary of a Country Priest)

as stated in the Foreword

Saint Francis of Assisi normal Winter 1945: the Soviet armyBy Johannes Jrgensen At the beginning of his classic biography of le jongleur de dieu, G. K. Chesterton sets forth three ways in which a sketch of St. Francis of Assisi in modern English may be written. First, the author may deal with this great and most amazing man as a figure in secular history and a model of social virtues; second, he may go to the opposite extreme, andbe defiantly devotional; and thirdby the ordinary routehe may try to use what is