He was German and Catholic and between the late 1940s and 1960 he wrote a ton of historical fiction about saints' lives and Biblical stories. They were bestsellers at the time. In fact, sixteen of them were made into movies.
I discovered his novels when Ignatius Press reissued them but have discovered that a lot of people still haven't heard of them. Of course, some are better than others, but when they are good they are so interesting and also so inspirational!
Best of all our library has a lot of his books!
I recently read Lay Seige to Heaven which is about St. Catherine of Siena. I thought I knew all about her but it turns out I only knew the merest basics. It focused me on the Eucharist in a way I hadn't expected. That made me reread The Quiet Light about St. Thomas Aquinas which I enjoyed just as much as the first time ... and which reinforced my Eucharistic gaze.
Here are the 4 reviews I featured previously, although they are far from all of De Wohl's books that I've read and enjoyed.
- The Joyful Beggar - St. Francis
- The Quiet Light - St. Thomas Aquinas
- The Restless Flame - St. Augustine
- Set All Afire - St. Francis Xavier
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