Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Saint Patrick by Jonathan Rogers

This brief 100 page book provides a great overview of the life and work of Saint Patrick. From some of his experiences as a young boy, to his captivity as a slave in Ireland, to his voluntary return to the country that stole him from home, Jonathan Rogers helps to distinguish between fact and fiction in the life of this early Christian missionary.

I found this book to be enjoyable and very easy to read. It was a book that gave a great general overview of the life of St. Patrick, but I wish it would have gone into more details about the work that he did and the interactions he had with the Irish people that made him such an impactful man. Rogers' did an excellent job of sticking to fact by basing so much of his book specifically on the writing of St. Patrick and of trying to show St. Patrick's high level of conviction and love for the work that he did. I would recommend this book to others and I would rate it as 4 out of 5.