Verlag | Faber & Faber, London |
Auflage | 2015 |
Seiten | 352 |
Format | 13 x 20 x 2,3 cm |
Gewicht | 289 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0571284639 |
EAN | 9780571284634 |
Bestell-Nr | 57128463EA |
Excitingly retold by one of our finest historians, this is the story of Joan of Arc as you have never read it before.
Klappentext:
The story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world, as you have never read it before
A French peasant girl who heard voices from God, Joan convinced the royal court of her divine calling and became a teenage warrior, leading an army to victory against the English. Eventually captured and put on trial, she was denounced as a heretic and burned at the stake at the age of just nineteen. Five hundred years later, she was recognised as a saint.
Here, Joan and her world are brought vividly to life by acclaimed historian Helen Castor, taking us to the heart of a tumultuous and bloody moment in the fifteenth century and the short by astonishing life of an extraordinary woman.
Rezension:
A masterful, thrilling portrait of sinister power, magical charisma and gruesome death. Simon Sebag Montefiore Evening Standard Books of the Year