Joan

The acclaimed biographer and theologian delivers an “ engaging and at times gripping biography” of the fifteenth century heretic, saint, and savior of France ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). Since her execution at the age of nineteen in 1431, Joan of Arc has maintained a remarkable hold on our collective imagination. She was a teenager of astonishing common sense and a national heroine who led men in to battle as a courageous warrior. Yet she was also abandoned by the king whose coron