Joan of Arc
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Joan of Arc: A Life
By Mary Gordon"A master of the story form" (The New York Times) offers a fresh, revealing portrait of the legendary saint Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as ...
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Joan of Arc
By Jules MicheletRecreates Joan's mission, betrayal, and death
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Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism
By Marina WarnerExamines the life of Joan of Arc and explores the meaning of Joan both to her contemporaries and succeeding generations--Joan as hero, prophet, heretic, androgyne, harlot, and saint
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Joan of Arc: Her Story
By Régine Pernoud, Marie-Véronique ClinIn a distinguished English translation, the bestselling French book now considered the standard biography of Joan published just in time for the upcoming film by Luc Besson.
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Joan of Arc
By Kathleen V. KudlinskiPresents the life of the saint who heard voices that she believed were from God instructing her to save France from the English.
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Joan of Arc: Her Image in France and America
By Nora M. Heimann, Laura CoyleDraws on a huge range of carefully researched images of Joan of Arc, many never seen before, from museum, libraries and archives in France and U.S.
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Joan of Arc: The Early Debate
By Deborah A. Fraioli[Does] an immense service to anyone interested in Joan of Arc... skillfully disentangles countless textual threads, all centered around one problem: the nature of Joan's mission as it was examined in the early theological debates.
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Joan of Arc
By Edward Lucie-SmithJoan of Arc
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Joan of Arc: The Legend and the Reality
By Frances Gies"Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc, IPA: [{7f0292}an dak]; ca. 1412[4] ? 30 May 1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans), is a folk heroine of France...
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Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured
By Kathryn HarrisonEvery era must retell and reimagine the Maid of Orleans's extraordinary story in its own way, and in Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured, the superb novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison gives us a Joan for our time—a shining exemplar of ...
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Joan of Arc
Presents an illustrated biography of Joan of Arc, from her early vision of Archangel Michael to her military victories, and eventual execution at the stake for heresy.
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Joan of Arc: The Teenager who Saved Her Nation
By Philip WilkinsonA look at the life, death, and continuing influence of Joan of Arc.
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Joan of Arc: A Military Leader
By Kelly DeVriesOriginally published: Stroud: Sutton, 1999.
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Joan of Arc
By Lawrence du Garde PeachJoan of Arc
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Joan of Arc: Heavenly Warrior
By Tabatha YeattsA biography of Joan of Arc, a woman born a French peasant who achieved great military success as a leader and a warrior.
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Joan of Arc: A Spiritual Biography
By Siobhan Nash-MarshallWritten in a straight-forward, concise, and at times humorous manner, Nash-Marshall's Joan of Arc acquaints the reader with a historical character who became a legend during her lifetime legend. Joan...
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Joan of Arc
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert SoutheyJoan of Arc
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Joan of Arc: The Warrior Saint
By Stephen Wesley RicheyJoan of Arc rapidly matured into a true battle commander who spoke forcefully in war councils, made decisions, and gave orders that were obeyed--resulting in a stunning series of victories for her army.
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Joan of Arc: A Life From Beginning to End
By Hourly HistoryNo historical figure’s life story offers a more intriguing and insightful look at a specific moment in French, and European, history than that of Joan of Arc.
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Joan of Arc: A Life Inspired
By Wyatt NorthJoan of Arc was declared a saint in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV, who called her a "most brilliantly shining light of God.