Joan of Arc' by Kathryn Harrison

It takes a particular kind of confidence, and a passion akin to Joan of Arc's, to undertake the writing of a new biography of the Maid of Orlans. Numerous bookshelves worth of narratives of her life already exist, some written by authors who might be considered tough acts to follow, including William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Berthold Brecht, and Mark Twain.

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