The Life and Times of St. Bernard by M.L' Abbe Ratisbonne, translated from the French with a Preface by H.E.Manning, published by P.J.Kenedy & Sons, New York, no date given, but there is a May, 1917 inscription on 1^st page flyleaf; The book was given by The Children of Mary to the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Renfrew, Ontario.

5 ¼ by 7 3/4” in brown/black cloth over board hard cover with gilded title on the spine, 485 pages.

It is the classic biography of St Bernard of Clairvaux, the great Cistercian monk of 12^th Century Christendom and one of the acknowledged Doctors of the Church.

Condition of the book graded Almost Fine; the text is fresh, clean and unmarked, a bit of cover wear, spine face very slightly sun faded- a collectible book in religious biography.