A Man of Good Zeal: A Novel Based on the Life of Saint Francis de Sales

A generation ago, those who wanted to learn more about Francis de Sales' life could turn to " A Man of Good Zeal: A Novel Based on the Life of St. Francis de Sales," published by American novelist John Edward Beahn in 1958. This imaginative re-telling of the saint's story, based on the historical records of his life and times, now comes to life again in the TAN Legend series of biographical fiction.

Author: John E. Beahn
Publisher: Tan Books
Published: 09/05/2013
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781618902054
ISBN10: 1618902059
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General

About the Author
John Edward Beahn (1910-1990) was born in Philadelphia, served in the United States Army during World War II, and became a business executive who discovered his writing gifts later in life. He contribute articles to several Catholic magazines and wrote popular biographical novels of the saints, including: A Rich Young Man (1953), about St. Anthony of Padua; A Man Born Again (1954), about St. Thomas More; A Man of Good Zeal (1958), about St. Francis de Sales; and A Man Cleansed by God (1959), about St. Patrick's Confession.