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A Novel of Joan of Arc
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
October 2011
On Sale: October 20, 2011
Featuring: Joan of ARC
304 pages
ISBN: 0547427522
EAN: 9780547427522
Hardcover
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Historical | Fiction
The girl who led an army, the peasant who crowned a king,
the maid who became a legend It is the fifteenth
century, and the tumultuous Hundred Years’ War rages on.
France is under siege, English soldiers tear through the
countryside destroying all who cross their path, and Charles
VII, the uncrowned king, has neither the strength nor the
will to rally his army. And in the quiet of her parents’
garden in Domrémy, a peasant girl sees a spangle of light
and hears a powerful voice speak her name. Jehanne
. The story of Jehanne d’Arc, the visionary and saint
who believed she had been chosen by God, who led an army and
saved her country, has captivated our imagination for
centuries. But the story of Jehanne—the girl—whose sister
was murdered by the English, who sought an escape from a
violent father and a forced marriage, who taught herself to
ride and fight, and who somehow found the courage and
tenacity to persuade first one, then two, then thousands to
follow her, is at once thrilling, unexpected, and
heartbreaking. Rich with unspoken love and battlefield
valor, The Maid is a novel about the power and
uncertainty of faith, and the exhilarating and devastating
consequences of fame.
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