The Maid and the Queen
The Secret History of Joan of Arc
$29.39
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2013
Summary
How did an illiterate seventeen-year-old peasant girl manage to become one of history’s most salient females? It is almost 600 years since Joan of Arc heard the voices of angels that would change her life forever. In a breathtaking story, her quest saved France from English domination and restored France’s hereditary monarchy.
Just thirteen when her life was turned upside down, Joan’s holy guidance led her on an arduous eleven-day journey into the unknown, restoring the Dauphin back t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780220291 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780220294 |
| Author: | Nancy Goldstone |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
This new book attempts a revisionist sweep at the myth and proposes to unearth a secular basis for Joan’s exploits in the form of her mentor, Yolande of Aragon. Ultimately, we can never know what really happened and this book is an entertaining look at what might have been. * CATHOLIC HERALD *Gripping. * THE LADY *Nancy Goldstone’s account is clear and she brings the dramatis personae to life in a most engaging way in this excellent history. * OXFORD TIMES *A convincing revisionist biography of Joan. * FAMILY TREE magazine *Goldstone rewrites history with all the drama and pace of a good thriller. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *An eye-opening book that shows that Joan was part of a greater narrative, much of its evidence taken from primary sources. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
About The Author
Nancy Goldstone
Nancy Goldstone is the author of FOUR QUEENS - The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe, and JOANNA.
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