From the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves the complex surprising and engaging story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval worldas never told beforeHelen Castor tells afresh the gripping story of the peasant girl from Domremy who hears voices from God leads the French army to victory is burned at the stake for heresy and eventually becomes a saint But unlike the traditional narrative a story already shaped by the knowledge of what Joan would become and told in hindsight Castors Joan of Arc A History takes us back to fifteenth century France and tells the story forwards 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 onenot Joan herself nor the people around herprinces bishops soldiers or peasantsknew what would happen nextAdding complexity depth and fresh insight into Joans life and placing her actions in the context of the larger political and religious conflicts of fifteenth century France Joan of Arc A History is history at its finest and a surprising new portrait of this remarkable womanJoan of Arc A History features an -page color insert.
