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Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc and Yolande of Aragon
by Nancy Goldstone
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0297863363
- ISBN 13
- 9780297863366
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About This Item
Second printing UK hardback, 2011 Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition and is not price clipped. Illustrated.
Synopsis
“Attention, ‘Game of Thrones’ fans: The most enjoyably sensational aspects of medieval politics — double-crosses, ambushes, bizarre personal obsessions, lunacy and naked self-interest — are in abundant evidence in Nancy Goldstone's The Maid and the Queen .” (Laura Miller, Salon.com) Joan of Arc, the brave peasant girl who heard the voices of angels and helped restore her king to the throne of France, astonished her contemporaries and continues to fascinate us today. Until now, though, her relationship with Yolande of Aragon, the ambitious and beautiful queen of Sicily—mother-in-law to the dauphin—has been little known. In a stunning work filled with intrigue, madness, and mysticism, Nancy Goldstone solves the thrilling mystery by showing that if you pry open the Queen's secrets, you will find the Maid's. Caught in the complex dynastic battle of the Hundred Years War, Yolande of Aragon championed the dauphin's cause. As French hopes dimmed, a courageous young woman arrived from the farthest recesses of the kingdom. But how did she gain an audience with a king? Was it only God's hand that moved Joan of Arc—or was it also Yolande of Aragon's?
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- BFS Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1328
- Title
- Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc and Yolande of Aragon
- Author
- Nancy Goldstone
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297863363
- ISBN 13
- 9780297863366
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 296
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