Lay Siege to Heaven
by Louis De Wohl |
The Restless Flame
by Louis De Wohl |
The Quiet Light
by Louis De Wohl | 
Citadel of God
by Louis De Wohl | 
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett | 
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini | 
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark Sullivan | 
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah | 
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd | 
Before We Were Yours
by Lisa Wingate | 
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead | 
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini | 
America's First Daughter
by Stephanie Dray | 
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett | 
The Book Of Negroes
by Lawrence Hill |
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson | 
The Sunne In Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman |
This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger | 
I Am Livia
by Phyllis T. Smith | 
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
by Robert Dugoni |
Saint Francis Xavier's life is, in itself, a dramatic story. With humility and deep religious conviction, the famous Catholic novelist Louis de Wohl takes us into the mind and heart of this great missionary and saint who went by order of St. Ignatius of Loyola to set all afire in the Orient. Louis de Wohl captivates the reader as he follows Xavier's life from student days in Paris, through his meeting with Ignatius, his rather reluctant conversion, and his travels as one of the first Jesuits. The story takes the reader from Europe to Goa, India, Malaysia, Japan, and finally, to an island off the coast of China, where the exiled Xavier dies virtually alone. The book captures the dramatic struggles and inspiring zeal of this remarkable saint, giving at the same time an enthralling picture of the age in which he lived.