TY  - BOOK
AU  - Castor,Helen
TI  - Joan of Arc: a history 
SN  - 9780062384393
AV  - DC103 .C37 2015
U1  - 944/.026092B 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper
KW  - Joan,
KW  - Women soldiers
KW  - France
KW  - Biography
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
KW  - Christian women saints
KW  - Women heroes
KW  - History
KW  - Charles VII, 1422-1461
N1  - "Originally published in England in 2014 by Faber & Faber"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314)and index; 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"
N2  - "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
ER  -