Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc
by Brooks, Polly Schoyer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0397324227
- ISBN 13
- 9780397324224
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Synopsis
The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and religious conflict; of a king who suffered fits of madness and his weak son who made a disappointing successor; and of a peasant girl from the countryside who accomplished what appeared to be miracles by rallying the dispirited French nation with her desire to see the rightful king rule. Little more than a year after her astounding triumphs-uniting the nation and securing the throne for Charles VII with her victory over the English at Orlean-nineteen-year-old Joan was imprisoned on charges of witchcraft and sorcery, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake. Polly Schoyer Brooks's detailed narrative unveils the spirited young woman who became a patron saint and continues to inspire courage and faith.
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- Title
- Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc
- Author
- Brooks, Polly Schoyer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0397324227
- ISBN 13
- 9780397324224
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990-01-01
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 15 oz
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