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St. Francis and the Sultan · A Novella
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- ISBN, perfect bound
- 978-1-61956-736-8
- ISBN, EPUB ebook
- 978-1-61956-688-0
- ISBN, PDF ebook
- 978-1-61956-689-7
- Pages
- 104
- Size
- 5.5 × 8.5 in
- Edition
- Perfect bound first edition, June 2026
- Language
- English
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About this book
“A wonderful vignette of the encounter between Saint Francis and the Sultan … I enjoyed how real and present the characters of this historical novella became as I entered into the story. It was a great read.” — Fr. Murray Bodo, OFM
1219. Damietta, where the Nile meets the sea, in the middle of the Fifth Crusade. Two barefoot friars, Francis of Assisi and Brother Illuminato, step unarmed into the space between clashing armies, with nothing in their hands but faith and nothing on their lips but peace, and ask to speak with Sultan al-Kamil.
Drawn from the earliest Franciscan sources and the chronicles of the Fifth Crusade, this novella follows Francis from the Portiuncula, across the sea, through the crusader camp and into the Sultan’s tent, and asks a question for our own time: where are we being asked to walk unarmed, to risk love, to carry peace into places of fear?
Inside
- Note on Sources and Author’s Preface
- Prologue: The World on Fire
- Five chapters: The Call in Assisi, The Long Road to Damietta, The Camp at Damietta, The Sultan’s Encampment, The Fisherman’s Return
- Epilogue: The Seed of Peace
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