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100 1 $aCastor, Helen.
245 10 $aJoan of Arc :$ba history /$cby Helen Castor.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bHarper,$c2015.
300 $axiv, 328 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), color map ;$c24 cm
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500 $a"Originally published in England in 2014 by Faber & Faber"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-314)and index.
505 0 $aCast of characters -- Family trees -- 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'.
520 $aThe acclaimed historian Helen Castor -- bestselling author and BBC broadcaster of She-Wolves, the story of England's queens before Elizabeth I -- returns with the incredible story of Joan of Arc, as only a biographer of Castor's enormous talents can tell it. Helen Castor brings us afresh a gripping life of Joan of Arc. Instead of the icon, she gives us a living, breathing young woman, a roaring girl fighting the English and taking sides in a bloody civil war that was tearing apart fifteenth-century France. Here is a portrait of a nineteen-year-old peasant who hears voices from God; a teenager transformed into a warrior, leading an army to victory in an age that believed women should not fight. And it is also the story behind the myth we all know, a myth that began to take hold at her trial: that of the Maid of Orleans, the savior of France, a young woman burned at the stake as a heretic, a woman who, five hundred years later, would be declared a saint. Joan and her world are brought vividly to life in this startling new take on the medieval world. Castor brings us to the heart of the action, to a woman and a country in turmoil, a world where no one, not Joan herself or the people around her -- princes, bishops, soldiers, or peasants -- knew what would happen next. Adding complexity, depth, and fresh insight into Joan's life, showing her confronting the challenges of faith and doubt in a superstitious age, Castor's Joan of Arc is a rich history and biography that allows us to better understand this remarkable woman and her world. - Back cover.
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 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.
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650 0 $aHundred Years' War, 1339-1453.
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651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$yCharles VII, 1422-1461.
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