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Beyond the Myth The Story of Joan of Arc

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ISBN-10: 0395981387

ISBN-13: 9780395981382

Edition: 1999

Authors: Polly Schoyer Brooks

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The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and religious conflict; of a king who suffered fits of madness and his weak son who made a disappointing successor; and of a peasant girl from the countryside who accomplished what appeared to be miracles by rallying the dispirited French nation with her desire to see the rightful king rule. Little more than a year after her astounding triumphs-uniting the nation and securing the throne for Charles VII with her victory over the English at…    
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Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/25/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

Polly Schoyer Brooks lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, where she enjoys her four children, ten grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

The Fifteenth Century
Joan and Her Village
The Runaway
Chinon
The Battle of Orleans
The Battle of Patay
To Crown the King
Fall from Glory
Poor Captive
Setting the Stage for the Trial
On Trial
Relapsed Heretic
Afterword
Author's Note
Bibliography
Index