Joan of Arc (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary Gordon
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: The fifteenth century
- Setting: France
- Principal Characters: Joan of Arc, Pierre Cauchon
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: France or French people, Capital punishment, Trials, Fifteenth century, Soldiers, Martyrs or martyrdom, Saints or sainthood
- Locales: France
Joan of Arc, who lived from 1412 to 1431, has been a source of fascination for over five hundred years. “There is no one like her,” Mary Gordon asserts as she begins her biography. “She may be the one person born before 1800, with the exception of Jesus Christ, that the average Westerner can name,” and most can even provide information about her—that she was French, wore men’s armor, led an army, and was burned at the stake. Gordon claims that Joan has been re-created by more well-known authors than any other figure—by William Shakespeare, Voltaire, Friedrich Schiller,...
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