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Joan of Arc : her story / Régine Pernoud, Marie-Véronique Clin ; translated and revised by Jeremy duQuesnay Adams ; edited by Bonnie Wheeler.
The peasant girl who led an army against the English and placed Charles VII on the French throne has inspired countless books since her death at age 19. While others have claimed Joan the Maid (as she called herself) for every cause from feminism to working-class radicalism, this meticulous volume by two French scholars sticks close to the known facts. The authors make extensive use of contemporary documents that bring to life the turbulent political scene in which Joan operated as well as her forceful personality. Joan followed the directives of voices she believed were sent to her by God; her deep piety, self-assurance, decisiveness, and shrewd intelligence radiate from her letters and from her responses to hostile questioning at the rigged trial that resulted in her being burned alive as a heretic in 1431. General readers may be intimidated at first by a detailed narrative studded with lengthy quotations, but those who persevere will discover a story all the more moving because it is not manipulated to make a modern-day point. This English translation updates the 1986 French volume's bibliography, supplements the biographies in part 2 with sketches of historical figures less familiar outside of France, and generally makes the book more accessible for English-language readers. --Wendy Smith.
Item details
- ISBN: 0312214421
- ISBN: 9780312214425
- ISBN: 0312227302
- ISBN: 9780312227302
- Physical Description: xxii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-294) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I : The drama ; Her story begins -- Joan meets her Dauphin -- Joan and the victory at Orleans -- Her Dauphin anointed King at Reims -- Intrigue, frustration, and capture -- Joan the prisoner -- Joan's trial and execution at Rouen -- The verdict of Rouen nullified -- Joan as memory -- Part II : The cast of principal characters (in three alphabetical lists) ; The three noble princes -- Their subjects -- Her judges at Rouen -- Part III : Issues and images -- Appendix 1. The letters of Joan of Arc -- Appendix II. Chronology and itinerary -- Appendix III. Maps and plans. |
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