Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena was critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this well-known and amazing fourteenth-century saint.
Known for her historical fiction, which won her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1928, Undset based this factual work on primary sources about Catherine of Siena, her own experiences living in Italy, and her profound understanding of the human heart.
Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena was critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this well-known and amazing fourteenth-century saint.
Known for her historical fiction, which won her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1928, Undset based this factual work on primary sources about Catherine of Siena, her own experiences living in Italy, and her profound understanding of the human heart.