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Record Number	MMC_N_MS1898LCP
Title	The Making of a Saint
Creator	W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
Contributor	Gilbert James (illustrator)
Format	Print Book
Genre / Form	Novel Historical novel
Publisher	Boston : L. C. Page And Company
Date	31 May 1898
Language	English and Italian (epigraph)
Physical Description	4 illustrations, pp. 11–5 pages of introduction (part of the novel), pp. 17–351 main text, 8 pages advertisements | 19.5 cm
Identifier - Edition	First edition
Identifier - Cover Colour (Approximate)	Pictorial background with man on horse and castle on a hill in the distance, background colour #524D41 (Armadillo)
Identifier - Dust Jacket	None
Identifier - Other Catalogues	Stott A2aii
Description - Abstract	"'The Making of a Saint' is a romance of Mediæval Italy, the scene being laid in the 15th century. It relates the life of a young leader of Free Companions who, at the close of one of the many petty Italian wars, returns to his native city. There he becomes involved in its politics, intrigues, and feuds, and finally joins an uprising of the townspeople against their lord. None can resent the frankness and apparent brutality of the scenes through which the hero and his companions of both sexes are made to pass, and many will yield ungrudging praise to the author's vital handling of the truth. In the characters are mirrored the life of the Italy of their day. The book will confirm Mr. Maugham's reputation as a strong and original writer" (from "Selections from L. C. Page and Company's List of New Fiction").
Notes	Stott mentions 3 binding variants (with different advertisements at the end of book), of which this is the second, with title in gold letters and the rest in black.
Subject	Italy -- Fiction.
Cost	US$163 in 2010 US$1.50 in 1898 | 2,000 copies
Links	Download/borrow various editions