Synopsis:
Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience.
At age 14, he was captured from his homeland of Scotland by Irish marauders and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years tending his master's flocks. In his early twenties, he fled over 200 miles and escaped by ship, returning to his family. By the eighth century, he had come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland. What did he experience during his years of slavery that proved invaluable to this man who became a revered missionary who “baptised thousands of people,” converted sons of kings, and led wealthy women to become nuns? Learn about the sustaining faith of St. Patrick in this Christian Encounters biography.
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My Review:
One of my favorite things to read is biographies. Although with this particular book, I was mildly disappointed. There is so much I felt I could learn about Saint Patrick, and I did, but it was like reading a history book.
I believe all the information given is truth, and I enjoyed the things I learned about the man who was Saint Patrick. I just couldn't get past a sense of boredom throughout reading it. It was really hard to get myself through it, and it's a small book.
I don't think I will be recommending this one any time soon. Unless the situation calls for it.
(2/5)
~I received a copy from BookSneeze. I was not compensated for my opinion.~
Great review :0
ReplyDeleteI enjoy biographies sometimes, but this one sounds was too dry.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a boring biography in the least. I read it last week and had trouble putting it down. It lacks the historical fiction that perhaps you'd prefer to read, but as a book, it is well-written, interesting and creative in the way that Rogers approaches it, and actually very spiritually edifying...
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