MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2014029053
003 DLC
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008 140725s2015 nyuab b 001 0beng
010 $a 2014029053
020 $a9780062384393 (hardcover)
020 $a9780062384409 (trade paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aDC103$b.C37 2015
082 00 $a944/.026092$aB$223
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
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
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 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-314)and index.
505 0 $aCast 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".
600 00 $aJoan,$cof Arc, Saint,$d1412-1431.
650 0 $aWomen soldiers$zFrance$vBiography.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zFrance$vBiography.
650 0 $aHundred Years' War, 1339-1453.
650 0 $aChristian women saints$zFrance$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen heroes$zFrance$vBiography.
651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$yCharles VII, 1422-1461.