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The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and religious conflict; of a king who suffered fits of madness and his weak son who made a disappointing successor; and of a peasant girl from the countryside who accomplished what appeared to be miracles by rallying the dispirited French nation with her desire to see the rightful king rule. Little more than a year after her astounding triumphs-uniting the nation and securing the throne for Charles VII with her victory over the English at Orlean-nineteen-year-old Joan was imprisoned on charges of witchcraft and sorcery, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake. Polly Schoyer Brooks's detailed narrative unveils the spirited young woman who became a patron saint and continues to inspire courage and faith.
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Beyond the Myth, Dolly Schoyer Brooks
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 1999
- Oprawa
- (miękka),
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- Tytuł
- Beyond the Myth
- Podtytuł
- The Story of Joan of Arc
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Dolly Schoyer Brooks
- Wydawca
- William Liam
- Rok wydania
- 1999
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 192
- ISBN10
- 0395981387
- ISBN13
- 9780395981382
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Tematy religijne, Kobiety, Duchowość, Tematy chrześcijańskie, Francja, Dzieci, Szkoła, Europa, Średniowiecze, Kościół katolicki, Powieści autobiograficzne, Święci, XV wiek, Męczennicy
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- The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and religious conflict; of a king who suffered fits of madness and his weak son who made a disappointing successor; and of a peasant girl from the countryside who accomplished what appeared to be miracles by rallying the dispirited French nation with her desire to see the rightful king rule. Little more than a year after her astounding triumphs-uniting the nation and securing the throne for Charles VII with her victory over the English at Orlean-nineteen-year-old Joan was imprisoned on charges of witchcraft and sorcery, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake. Polly Schoyer Brooks's detailed narrative unveils the spirited young woman who became a patron saint and continues to inspire courage and faith.