"The girl who led an army, the peasant who crowned a king, the maid who became a legend. It is the fifteenth century, and the tumultuous Hundred Years' War rages on. France is under siege, English soldiers tear through the countryside destroying all who cross their path, and Charles VII, the uncrowned king, has neither the strength nor the will to rally his army. And in the quiet of her parents' garden in Domr�my, a peasant girl sees a spangle of...

Joan, a girl growing up in the French countryside during the Hundred Years' War, begins to hear voices telling her she is destined to reunite her torn country in opposition to the English invaders.

Explores the life of the patron saint of France from her birth, early childhood, to hearing the voice of the angel Michael and leading French armies against the English.

Places the life of the fifteenth-century girl who has become a French national symbol within the social, religious, and political context of her time.

Although surrounded by treachery, Mariane, a young mute, battles alongside her cousin, Joan of Arc, for the liberation of France from the English.

Chronicles the experiences of the peasant girl who led a French army against the English, was burned at the stake for witchcraft, and became a saint.

An original portrait of the legendary heroine's story as seen through her own eyes and based on her own testimony.

"It is as if Chen has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time."--Hilary Mantel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Booker Prize winner Wolf Hall "This is not your grandmother's St. Joan. . . . If every generation gets the Joan it deserves, ours could do worse than an ass-kicking, avenging angel fighting simply for the right to fight."--The New York Times Book Review 1412. France is...

Epic drama exploring the life of Joan of Arc, her victories, relationship with God and her death.

A biography of Joan of Arc, the 14th century French woman warrior. The authors describe her peasant origins, her career as commander of troops fighting the English, her death at the stake for heresy, and her elevation to sainthood in 1920.