Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc
by Polly Schoyer Brooks
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Places the life of the fifteenth-century girl who has become a French national symbol within the social, religious, and political context of her time.Tags
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An accessible biography of one of France's greatest heroes and the world's most enigmatic persons: Joan of Arc. With a straight-forward, objective tone, the author tells of Joan's rise from peasant girl to symbolic leader of the French Army. The book downplays the spiritual side to Joan (her 'voices' ) and, instead, portrays a plucky girl with a vision to save her country from the hated English. A great read for lovers of medieval history and military conquests as well as a cautionary tale for the 'cult of personality' (Joan's rise and fall is quick and devastating.)
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Polly Schoyer Brooks is the author of the acclaimed Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc. She lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, where she enjoys her four children, ten grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
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- Dedication
- To my daughter, Joan Brooks McLane
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- Nonfiction, Tween, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 944.026 — History & geography History of Europe France and Monaco France Capet and Valois 987-1589 Charles VI 1380-1422; Charles VII 1422-61 ; XVth Century
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- DC103.5 .B76 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France History By period Early and medieval to 1515 1328-1515
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- Languages
- English
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