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A review by jessh1209
Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Katherine J. Chen
3.0
I can't not write a review about a book concerning my favourite period in history.
Chen clearly thoroughly researched Joan and her hard work pays off in most of the book. However, Chen's version of Joan, which she acknowledges as being a version personal to her, did not interest me the way the Joan in the record of her trial did. History is up for debate but I think Chen fails to capture some of Joan's complex character through her insistence that Joan is first and foremost a warrior.
Chen clearly thoroughly researched Joan and her hard work pays off in most of the book. However, Chen's version of Joan, which she acknowledges as being a version personal to her, did not interest me the way the Joan in the record of her trial did. History is up for debate but I think Chen fails to capture some of Joan's complex character through her insistence that Joan is first and foremost a warrior.