Books with title Joan of Arc

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In 15th century France, a peasant girl faces an overwhelming task: to save her home from tyrants and restore the rightful king to the throne. To free her country Joan must leave behind everyone she has ever loved, apart from her faithful sparrow, Belami. With huge bravery and fierce determination, she follows her calling and is granted permission to ride fearlessly into battle, leading the French army against the enemy. Many years later, a lonely girl called Eloise has a dream about her heroine, Joan of Arc. This true tale of a young girl whose courage and perseverance won her a place as the bravest woman in history combines contemporary relevance with dramatic excitement.

When Eloise moves to the town where, centuries ago, Joan of Arc fought her greatest battle, her life takes a shocking turn. Like Joan before her, she hears a voice—one that tells her the story of Joan of Arc as no one has heard it before. . . . Slip back in time with Eloise, and meet Joan, a seemingly ordinary French girl who hears the voices of saints and is called upon by God to save her country from the English. She faces this challenge with fierce determination, astounding courage, and unflagging faith. Her victories—and the price she paid for them—have never been forgotten.

Originally published in 1910, this biography consists of 43 very short chapters and uses language suitable for young readers. This Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 60 pages, recounts the story of the 15th-century French teenager who led her country’s armies against the English in the Hundred Years War and who was later handed over to the enemy, convicted of heresy, and burned at the stake.Sample chapter:V. JOAN’S VISIONSOur heroine was only about thirteen years old when she had her first vision. She did not speak of it then, but later, at her trial, she said that she was alone in the garden, working, when she saw a bright light, and heard a voice which said: “Joan, be a good child, go often to church!”Of course, the little girl was surprised and astonished; but such advice could come only from an angel, and as Joan liked to go to church, she obeyed, and did not say anything of the light, of the voice, or of the advice it had given her. Most children find it very difficult to tell things which they do not fully understand, and Joan, who was so unlike her companions in many ways, was very much like them in this respect.After this, she often saw the same light and heard the same voice. It was generally when she was alone in the fields, in the woods, or in the garden, for at first her apparitions did not visit her in the house.Little by little, the small peasant girl grew accustomed to these visits, and taking courage, looked in the direction whence the light came and saw--or imagined she saw--some radiant forms, one of which was like a man, with wings, who had a crown upon his head.Again the mysterious voice bade her be good and go to church, and related to her the sad story of her native country, which was suffering so much from the war. The heart of the little girl was very tender; she could not endure to see anyone suffer, and when she learned all the miseries to which the poor people were subjected, she longed to help them.But Joan was very young and ignorant, and at first she doubted whether the voice she heard was that of St. Michael or not. This doubt cleared at last, and as long as she lived she firmly believed that she had seen and heard the archangel, the one who, she had been told, led the heavenly host.About the Author:Helene A. Guerber brings literature and history to life for young readers. She is the author of numerous books, including “The Story of the Greeks,” “Stories of Shakespeare’s Tragedies,” and “The Story of the Thirteen Colonies.”

Joan of Arc came from an obscure village and rose to prominence when she was a teenager, and she did so as an uneducated peasant. The French and English kings had justified the ongoing war through competing interpretations of inheritance law, first concerning Edward III's claim to the French throne and then Henry VI's. The conflict had been a legalistic feud between two related royal families, but Joan transformed it along religious lines and gave meaning to appeals such as that of squire Jean de Metz when he asked, "Must the king be driven from the kingdom and are we to be English?" In the words of Stephen Richey, "She turned what had been a dry dynastic squabble that left the common people unmoved except for their own suffering into a passionately popular war of national liberation."

Dust jacket notes: "Joan of Arc stand alone - history gives us no other person whose life and deeds can be compared with hers. Yet, so simple was she, and so lovable, that we can still feel her charm across the long centuries. What was the secret of this uneducated little farm girl who, as she herself said, didn't 'know A from B'? What gave her so much self-assurance, even in the face of ridicule and rebuffs? What made her think that she, of all the people in the world, could lead the armies of France to victory against their English and Burgundian enemies? By what strange power was she able to bring peace to France when hardened professional soldiers had failed? For hundreds of years, people have been pondering these questions. some find one answer, some another - but all agree in their admiration for Joan's extraordinary courage and truthfulness. In this book by Nancy Ross, we see Joan as she really was, and as she appeared to those who lived and fought with her. We hear he speak, we marvel at her courage, and we smile at her quick wit. We are happy when Joan is victorious, and our hearts ache when she fails. Yet, although Joan was so real and so very human, something mysterious and strange set her apart from all others. Miss Ross tells us how various people have explained Joan's secret. She makes us understand, too, why not only France, but the whole world, has taken Joan the Maid to its heart."