Joan of Arc: A Life - eBook

Name: Joan of Arc: A Life - eBook
Price: 12.99 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781440632730

By: Mary Gordon

Product Information

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Title: Joan of Arc: A Life - eBook
By: Mary Gordon
Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Penguin Random House
Publication Date: 2008

ISBN: 9781440632730
ISBN-13: 9781440632730
Series: Penguin Lives
Stock No: WW47763EB

Publisher's Description

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"A master of the story form" (The New York Times) offers a fresh, revealing portrait of the legendary saint

Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an army to victory and crowned the king of France, only to be captured and burned at the stake as a heretic—all by the age of nineteen. Gordon does more than tell this gripping story—she explores Joan's mystery and the many facets of her inspiring life.

Author Bio

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Mary Gordon, Professor of English at Barnard College, is the bestselling author of five novels, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. Her books include The Rest of Life, The Other Side and Spending. She lives in New York City.