| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 251 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Jehannette -- The mission -- The making of the maid -- The siege of Orléans -- "She would only last a year" -- The King and the maid -- Captivity -- Judging the maid -- From fear of the fire -- Vindication -- "That astonishing and marvelous maid" -- Appendix A. The immediate family of Joan of Arc -- Appendix B. The sources -- Appendix C. Witnesses interviewed -- Appendix D. Principal characters |
| Summary |
"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 book jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-242) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.
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Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Military leadership
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Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 |
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Jeanne d'Arc. |
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Christian women saints -- France -- Biography
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Women soldiers -- France -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Christian women saints
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Command of troops
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Women soldiers
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France -- History -- Charles VII, 1422-1461.
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France
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300161298 |
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0300161298 |
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1280571438 |
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9781280571435 |
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9786613601032 |
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6613601039 |
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