num_pages: 237
description: Gabrielle knows that her friend Jeannette d'Arc speaks to voices that no one else hears. They tell her she has been chosen to help crown a French king for France. Although Jeannette is a mere peasant girl and the obstacles seem insurmountable, she sets out to raise an army. At the same time Gabrielle embarks on her own journey, accompanying Jeannette's mother on a holy pilgrimage. In the monasteries along the way Gabrielle hopes to learn more about the art of healing, which she has studied under her mother's tutelage. Instead, she meets Louis, a young nobleman, and falls in love. Together they join Jeannette's army and witness her miraculous success in crowning Charles the Dauphin. In this moment of victory for fifteenth-century France, no one could guess that Jeannette's next big step in life would lead to death--at the stake. How Gabrielle endures the loss of friends and the heartbreak of war makes her story as unforgettable as Jeannette's.
language: English
title: Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arc
titlecomplete: Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arc
characters: Jeanne d'Arc
genres: 15th Century, Fiction, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Medieval, Young Adult, Teen, Historical, Adventure, France
ratings_count: 381
places: France
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux