Catherine of Siena by Sigrid Undset - 1954

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Sheed and Ward, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ignatius Press. New. BRAND NEW, GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER!

Ignatius Press, 2009. paperback. Good. 5x0x8. San Francisco, 2009; glossy illustrated paper cover; mild corner wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; dark interior notations and underlining; 335 pages.

Ignatius Press, 2009-10-28. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. 335p. A softcover book in very good condition. A couple of creased corners, and owner's notes on the endpapers. Text clean and binding tight.

San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2009. Paperback. As New. 335p. A softcover book in fine condition, as new.

Paperback. Good.

Ignatius Press, October 2009. Paper Back. New. Published in 1951, shortly after Undset's death, this consummate biography reflects the maturing spiritual insight of the great Norwegian novelist. Her vast familiarity with medieval history and manners enabled Undset to recreate, in intimate detail, the environs of St. Catherine's fourteenthcentury Italy. Even more importantly, the author's immersion in the Catholic faith (she converted in 1924) allowed her to penetrate sympathetically into the unusual dimensions of Catherine's mystical life. 'It is not easy for us to understand her,' Undset frankly acknowledges, 'but it was not easy for her contemporaries either.' Indeed, from childhood St. Catherine found herself misunderstood, first by angry parents who wanted her to marry, unaware she had vowed herself to Christ, later by townsfolk who mistook her charitable work for promiscuity and nuns who envied her spiritual gifts. She baffled even her confessors (whose accounts… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.