But despite the queen’s armies and spies, victory seemed out of reach…until Joan arrived on the scene. Yolande, like Joan, supported the French dauphin against his enemies. This book explores the possible connections between Joan and Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily. Joan of Arc Books for Adults The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc by Nancy Goldstone Following the co-creators’ previous works Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood and Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur, this is a visually striking retelling of Joan’s legendary story. This graphic novel shares Joan’s story in a compelling mix of text and imagery. Messenger: The Legend of Joan of Arc by Tony Lee and Sam Hart In so doing, issues of gender, misogyny, and the peril of speaking truth to power are examined. These include the voices of her family and even the trees, clothes, cows, and candles of her childhood. Joan of Arc: A History features an 8-page color insert.Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David ElliottĪlso written in verse, this book uses the voices of those who surround Joan to explore her story. We meet this extraordinary girl amid the tumultuous events of her extraordinary world where no one-not Joan herself, nor the people around her-princes, bishops, soldiers, or peasants-knew what would happen next.Īdding complexity, depth, and fresh insight into Joan’s life, and placing her actions in the context of the larger political and religious conflicts of fifteenth century France, Joan of Arc: A History is history at its finest and a surprising new portrait of this remarkable woman. Instead of an icon, she gives us a living, breathing woman confronting the challenges of faith and doubt, a roaring girl who, in fighting the English, was also taking sides in a bloody civil war. But unlike the traditional narrative, a story already shaped by the knowledge of what Joan would become and told in hindsight, Castor’s Joan of Arc: A History takes us back to fifteenth century France and tells the story forwards.
Helen Castor tells afresh the gripping story of the peasant girl from Domremy who hears voices from God, leads the French army to victory, is burned at the stake for heresy, and eventually becomes a saint. From the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves, the complex, surprising, and engaging story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world-as never told before.
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