Joan Of Arc

A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English and was burned at... (more)

A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English and was burned at the stake for witchcraft. (less)

A look at the life, death, and continuing influence of Joan of Arc. (more)

A look at the life, death, and continuing influence of Joan of Arc. (less)

A biography of Joan of Arc. (more)

A biography of Joan of Arc. (less)

A fully documented portrait of the fifteenth-century peasant-turned-saint draws on historical facts, folklore, and centu... (more)

A fully documented portrait of the fifteenth-century peasant-turned-saint draws on historical facts, folklore, and centuries of critical interpretation to evaluate the questions attributed to her character. (less)

"The story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world, as you have never read it before. In Joan of Arch ... (more)

"The story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world, as you have never read it before. In Joan of Arch : a history, Helen Castor tells this gripping story afresh: forwards, not backwards. Instead of an icon, she gives us a living, breathing woman confronting the challenges of faith and doubt, a roaring girl who, in fighting the English, was also taking sides in a bloody civil war. We meet this extraordinary girl amid the tumultuous events of her extraordinary world where no one--not Joan herself, nor the people around her, princes, bishops, soldiers or peasants--knew what would happen next"--Provided by publisher. (less)

-- Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured,the superb novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison gives us a Joan for our time--a s... (more)

-- Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured,the superb novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison gives us a Joan for our time--a shining exemplar of unshakable faith, extraordinary courage, and self-confidence during a brutally rigged ecclesiastical inquisition and in the face of her death by burning. Deftly weaving historical fact, myth, folklore, artistic representations, and centuries of scholarly and critical interpretation into a compelling narrative, she restores Joan of Arc to her rightful position as one of the greatest heroines in all of human history. (less)

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Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he consid... (more)

Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He spent twelve years in research and many months in France doing archival work, and then made several attempts until he felt he finally had the story he wanted to tell. He reached his conclusion about Joan's unique place in history only after studying in detail accounts written by both sides, the French and the English. This is a fascinating and remarkably accurate biography of the life and mission of Joan of Arc told by one of this country's greatest storytellers. (less)

Adding complexity, depth, and fresh insight into Joan's life, and placing her actions in the context of the larger polit... (more)

Adding complexity, depth, and fresh insight into Joan's life, and placing her actions in the context of the larger political and religious conflicts of fifteenth century France, Joan of Arc: A History is history at its finest and a surprising new portrait of this remarkable woman. (less)