| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 328 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in England in 2014 by Faber and Faber. |
| Summary |
"In Joan of Arc : 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-314) and index. |
| Contents |
"Joan of Arc" -- The field of blood -- This war, accursed of God -- Like another Messiah -- Desolate and divided -- The maid -- Like an angel from God -- A heart greater than any man's -- A creature in the form of a woman -- I will be with you soon -- A simple maid -- Fear of the fire -- Those who called themselves Frenchmen -- She was all innocence -- "Saint Joan." |
| Subject |
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.
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Women soldiers -- France -- Biography.
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Soldiers -- France -- Biography.
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Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.
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Christian women saints -- France -- Biography.
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Women heroes -- France -- Biography.
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France -- History -- Charles VII, 1422-1461.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780062384393 (hbk.) |
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0062384392 (hbk.) |
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