Joan of Arc a history
"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...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper,
2015.
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| Edition: | First U. S. edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Castor, Helen. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Joan of Arc : |b a history / |c by Helen Castor. |
| 250 | |a First U. S. edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Harper, |c 2015. | |
| 300 | |a xiv, 328 pages, 8 un-numbered pages of plates : |b color illustrations, color map ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 500 | |a "Originally published in England in 2014 by Faber & Faber"--Title page verso. | ||
| 520 | |a "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. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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". | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Women heroes |z France |v Biography. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a France |x History |y Charles VII, 1422-1461. | |
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