A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.
Equally important, The Oxford Mark Twain is a facsimile of the first American editions of Twain's work, and includes all the original illustrations, some of which were drawn by Twain himself, and many of which have not been seen since these ...
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
Description : 4 p . 1. , 335 p . 20 cm . Subjects : Joan , of Arc , Saint , 14121431 --Fiction LC Classification : PZ3.K430 Je2 Other System No .: ( OCOLC ) 7867053 Keneally , Thomas . Blood red , sister rose / [ by ) Thomas Keneally .
In one respect she was treated worse than a felon; for whereas she was on her way to be sentenced by the civil arm, she already bore her judgment inscribed in advance upon a miter-shaped cap which she wore: HERETIC, RELAPSED, APOSTATE, ...
Régine Pernoud M.-V. Clin Jeanne d'Arc Préface inédite Médiéviste mondialement réputée, Régine Pernoud (1909-1998) a consacré de nombreux ouvrages à Jeanne d'Arc et fondé le centre Jeanne d'Arc d'Orléans.
Morte à moins de vingt ans, Jeanne occupe une place à part dans l'histoire de France. Reprenant sa vie depuis sa naissance jusqu'à sa réhabilitation en 1456, Colette Beaune s'interroge...
Recounts the life of Saint Hildegard of Bingen, who was revered for her mysticism and inner lights, and describes the miracles that made her a saint.
Thérèse: A Saint for a New Millennium
A serious, impassioned, meticulously researched story about a compelling heroine, the Maid of Orleans, Twain viewed the work both as a bid to be accepted as a serious writer and as a gift of love to his favorite daughter, Susy, who would ...
A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.