At first, everyone thought young Francis Bernadone had gone mad. One minute he was a popular party boy, in fine clothes. The next, he had given away all his money, put on a simple, rough robe and gone to live in a hut in the scrubby woodlands around Assisi. But people soon came to respect Francis. He had given up all his possessions and yet he was happy. Soon, young men from all over Italy came to join him. For stories abounded about the miracles he worked: the roses that he made bloom in the dry desert, and the birds and animals who trusted and came to sit by him; it was even said he could speak their language

 

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Short Books Ltd .

Lucy Lethbridge has written for a number of publications and is the author of Servants (2012) and Spit and Polish. She lives in London. Who was Ada Lovelace? won the 2004 Blue Peter Award for non-fiction.