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B Joa
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Publication
New York : J.B. Lippincott, c1990.
Description
Places the life of the fifteenth-century girl who has become a French national symbol within the social, religious, and political context of her time.
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An accessible biography of one of France's greatest heroes and the world's most enigmatic persons: Joan of Arc. With a straight-forward, objective tone, the author tells of Joan's rise from peasant girl to symbolic leader of the French Army. The book downplays the spiritual side to Joan (her
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'voices' ) and, instead, portrays a plucky girl with a vision to save her country from the hated English. A great read for lovers of medieval history and military conquests as well as a cautionary tale for the 'cult of personality' (Joan's rise and fall is quick and devastating.) Show Less
Pages
176