Joan of Arc

by Hilaire Belloc

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There are volumes on the story of Saint Joan of Arc (even by famous Protestant authors), but can you imagine a better version than the documentation by one of the greatest Catholic authors of this century, Hilaire Belloc. In his characteristic style, Belloc carefully tells the complete story in the most compelling manner. A great story, a great saint, a great author. You won't be able to set it down, a Catholic treasure. Gold embossed cloth.

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Written (by a French born Englishman) in the form of a fairytale, this elegant retelling is historically accurate. Told in the third person, Joan is an equal party with her saints, angels and their voices, royal personages, soldiers and evil adversaries. Focuses on her rapid career rise in order to crown the Dauphin at Rheims and her equally rapid decline and death at Rouen at the stake.
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Concisa biografía de la Doncella de Orléans, por un escritor al que llevaba tiempo queriendo leer.

Con un lenguaje florido pero sumamente ameno, Belloc nos lleva de la mano en un viaje por la vida de la Pucelle, desde su infancia en Domrémy hasta su ejecución a manos de los ingleses. No faltan los episodios místicos, así como la descripción de las batallas en las que estuvo involucrada; tampoco las menciones a los intereses mezquinos por parte de los oportunistas políticos de siempre.

En lo personal, hubiese preferido una descripción más detallada del juicio; demasiado breve teniendo en cuenta lo fundamental (e injusto) que fue este acontecimiento. No obstante, considero a este libro como una muy buena show more introducción para quien desee adentrarse en la historia de uno de los personajes más renombrados de su época. show less

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Hilaire Belloc, 1870 - 1953 Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870, educated at Oxford, and naturalized as a British subject in 1902. Although he began as a writer of humorous verse for children, his works include satire, poetry, history, biography, fiction, and many volumes of essays. With his close friend and fellow Catholic, G. K. show more Chesterton, Belloc founded the New Witness, a weekly newspaper opposing capitalism and free thought and supporting a philosophy known as distributism. The pair was so close in thought and association that George Bernard Shaw nicknamed them Chesterbelloc. During his life, Belloc published over 150 books. Today, however, he is best remembered for only a few works, most notably his light verse, such as Cautionary Tales (1907) and A Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896). Belloc died in 1953 from burns caused when his dressing gown caught fire from the hearth. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality, History
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944.026092History & geographyHistory of EuropeFrance and MonacoFranceCapet and Valois 987-1589Charles VI 1380-1422; Charles VII 1422-61 ; XVth Century
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DC103 .B4History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaFrance – Andorra – MonacoHistory of FranceHistoryBy periodEarly and medieval to 15151328-151515th century. Jeanne d'Arc, Saint
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