Joan of Arc
Subtitle: the maid of Lorraine
By: Larissa Juliet Taylor.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780300114584
Subjects: Joan, -- of Arc, Saint, -- 1412-1431; Joan, -- of Arc, Saint, -- 1412-1431 -- Military leadership; Christian women saints -- France -- Biography; Women soldiers -- France -- Biography; France -- History -- Charles VII, 1422-1461
Genres: Biography
Description: "In The Virgin Warrior, Larissa Juliet Taylor paints a vivid portrait of Joan as a self-confident, charismatic and supremely determined figure, whose sheer force of will electrified those around her and struck terror into the hearts of the English soldiers and leaders."--Inside jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chronology; title: Prologue: The Hundred Years War; title: Jehannette; title: The mission; title: The making of the maid; title: For France!; title: "She would only last a year"; title: The maid and the King; title: Captivity; title: Judging the maid; title: From fear of the fire; title: Vindication; title: Epilogue: "That astonishing and marvelous maid"; title: Appendix A: Joan of Arc's family tree; title: Appendix B: The sources; title: Appendix C: The villagers; title: Appendix D: Principal characters.