Louis Bertrand, a French novelist who knew North Africa well, follows Augustine from his childhood in the Roman free town of Thagaste, through his mother Monica’s devotion, his student pleasures in Carthage and his years among the Manichees, to his conversion in Milan and his long labours as bishop of Hippo. Quotations from the Confessions run throughout.
A warm, colourful biography that brings Roman Africa to life for readers of Augustine and of early Christian history. Download the free EPUB.