Joan of Arc
A History
$32.02
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2015
Summary
We all know the story of Joan of Arc. A peasant girl who hears voices from God. A warrior leading an army to victory, in an age that believes women cannot fight. The Maid of Orleans, and the saviour of France. Burned at the stake as a heretic at the age of just nineteen. Five hundred years later, a saint. Her case was heard in court twice over. One trial, in 1431, condemned her; the other, twenty-five years after her death, cleared her name. In the transcripts, we hear first-hand testimony fr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571284634 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571284639 |
| Author: | Helen Castor |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Helen Castor
Helen Castor is a historian of medieval England, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Her first book, Blood Roses, was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2005 and won the English Association’s Beatrice White Prize in 2006. Her second, She Wolves, was made into a major BBC2 TV series. She lives in London with her husband and son.
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