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Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others

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Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words

by Willard Trask

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ISBN13: 9781885983084
ISBN10: 1885983085
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The story of a young French peasant girl who led an army to help crown a king and was burned at the stake for her efforts has never lost its power to move us. Yet neither movies nor books about Joan of Arc have anything like the impact of her own words--as written here, by turns simple, poetic, inspiring, political, wise, and passionate.

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The only available source for the exact words of Joan of Arc, compiled from the transcript of her trials and rearranged as an autobiography by Willard Trask.
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ISBN:
9781885983084
Subtitle:
In Her Own Words
Translator:
Trask, Willard R.
Translator:
Trask, Willard R.
Compiled:
Trask, Willard R.
Author:
Trask, Willard
Author:
Arc, Joan of
Afterword:
Creasy, Edward Shepherd
Afterword:
Creasy, Edward Shepherd
Compiled:
Trask, Willard R.
Publisher:
Turtle Point Press
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Religious
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Military
Subject:
Christian saints
Subject:
Christian saints -- France -- Biography.
Subject:
General Biography
Series Volume:
15
Publication Date:
May 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
178
Dimensions:
8.05x5.02x.47 in. .45 lbs.
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