| Description |
xiv, 328 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in England in 2014 by Faber & Faber"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314)and index. |
| Contents |
Cast of characters -- Family trees -- Maps -- Introduction: "Joan of Arc" -- Prologue: The field of blood -- Part One. Before -- This war, accursed of God -- Like another Messiah -- Desolate and divided -- Part Two. Joan -- 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 -- Part Three. After -- Those who called themselves Frenchmen -- She was all innocence -- Epilogue: "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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| ISBN |
9780062384393 (hardcover) |
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0062384392 (hardcover) |
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9780062384409 (trade paperback) |
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0062384406 (trade paperback) |
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