Joan of Arc: A History
Written by Helen Castor
Narrated by Anne Flosnik
4/5
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Helen Castor
Helen Castor is a historian of medieval England and a Bye-Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Her first book, Blood and Roses, was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the English Association’s Beatrice White Prize. Her second book, She-Wolves, was selected as one of the books of the year by The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Financial Times, and BBC History Magazine. She lives in London.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is exactly what the title advertises, much more a history than a biography. Castor does such a great job of grounding the Joan of Arc story in the politics and dynamics of the time, it really changes what's become a kind of familiar, overly-hyped fairy tale. But because it's set late in the Hundred Years' War, there are extremely dense machinations, alliances, and family lines in play, so this is not a quick, escapist kind of read.It's worth while going back and forth to check out the family trees at the front of the book until you get a handle on who's who—these are some seriously intermingled bloodlines—and where everyone's from. If you have the patience for that, though, it's totally rewarding. What a great story... and even though Joan herself is onstage for only a short time, she's a really affecting character. I liked this one a lot, and got a strong sense for a piece of history.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A good book for those people whose knowledge of Joan of Arc, or as she was known then Joan the Maid, is sketchy this book will fill in the blanks. As with a lot of stories of saintly figures it is hard to tell who she really was. The one thing is she was the catalyst who turned the tide of English dominance in France. Everything else is mysterious.