The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc and Yolande of Aragon by Nancy Bazelon Goldstone

The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc and Yolande of Aragon

Nancy Bazelon Goldstone

296 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced

Description

This revisionist biography unearths the secular and verifiable basis for Joan of Arc's heroic exploits: Yolande of Aragon, a forgotten mentor. This is a story of not one life, but two - two lives that together were intertwined in the restoration o...

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