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Joan of Arc : maid, myth and history / Timothy Wilson-Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson-Smith, Timothy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.
- Joan.
- Christian women saints--France--Biography.
- Christian women saints.
- France.
- Christian saints--France--Biography.
- Christian saints.
- France--History--Charles VII, 1422-1461.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud : Sutton, 2006.
- Summary:
- Joan of Arc, born in 1412, heard voices at thirteen and, believing they were directives from God, followed them - to the French court, to battle against the English, and to defeat and execution. This new book is not merely an account of a life cut short; its focus is also on Joan's history which, upon her death, had just begun.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (pages [239]-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0750943416
- OCLC:
- 64961363
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