St. Bernadette Soubirous: 1844-1879

by François Trochu

Book Overview

By far the best book on St. Bernadette and Lourdes. Beautifully illustrated with 77 photographs and images, including lovely photos of St. Bernadette's incorrupt body. Our Lady told her, "I do not... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895552531
• Release Date: January 1957
• Publisher: TAN Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.9" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Blessed

A wonderful, pray-full book on the life of a great Saint. Very insightful account of the convent life of the Saint. A must read for anyone who loves the saints.

Best book on the subject in English

All Catholics, I suppose, have heard of Lourdes and may know something about it. But generally they probably know very little. If they know English only and have not read this book, then they may not know as much as it would benefit them to know. Translated from French, this is the best book available in English on the subject, as far as I know. The subject is not one that can go out of date. Postscript 2010: I did not find this book sentimental. The author writes from a standpoint of faith, but of an open-eyed, honest kind. There would be no other way to treat the subject unless one were trying to "debunk" it.

Great book on St. Bernadette

I loved this book. It was written so well that you actually get a good idea of the personality and life of the saint. Most books written on the saints omit the little things that aren't deemd "saintly", but this author did a good job at getting at the personality of St. Bernadette while explaining her life as well. Highly recommended.

Thorough and engaging

The problem with being a noted visionary is that one may be so associated with the related devotion that little of one's own "true life" story is explored. Trochu's work is a treat for those who wish to know the true Bernadette - not merely the holy card image.Trochu's biography is extensive, engaging, and honest. He lets the reader see Bernadette's genuine faith and devotion (and struggles, with community and hierarchy), without descending into hagiography. It is a fascinating, very "fleshed out" picture, dispelling myths (such as the "happy shepherdess"), and giving one a thorough picture of Bernadette's strong, simple personality, tenacity, and family and religious life.

Saint Bernadette Soubirous is a MUST read and MUST have

Finally after many years I have had the wonderful fortune of spending time with the Blessed St. Bernadette. This 'ignorant' miller's daughter suffered so much in the flesh and was so persecuted at first for her strong faith by the older more educated people who just didn't understand that the reason the Blessed Mother would appear to her, a mere uneducated child, was because Mary herself was a pure simple girl also. To read about Bernadette is to live and walk in her path of holiness. This is by far the best account I have found of her life and the events that happened at Lourdes. This book is truly a blessing for those that believe in the communion of saints. May we all find inspiration in the life of Bernadette to lead a life of prayer and penance, penance, penance.