Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc
by Polly Schoyer Brooks
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Author: Polly Schoyer BrooksEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-10
ISBN: 0395981387
Number of pages: 192
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Sandpiper
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- ISBN13: 9780395981382
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Summary: 5 Stars
The author, Polly Brooks does an excellent job setting the stage for Joan of Arc's remarkable life. The books opens up describing the King of France Charles VI descent into insanity. His Queen Isabella is unfaithful. She is sleeping with the King's younger brother Louis of Orleans. Louis and King Charles are the cousin of John the fearless, the powerful Duke of Burgandy. John and Louis want to take advantage of the king's insanity to futher their ambitions. The rivalry between John and Louis becomes so intense that John has Louis assinated. Louis' friends have John killed. The English see an opportunity to secure the kingdom of France and choose to renew the Hundred Year War. The French suffer a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Agincourt. Under the terms of the treaty, the heir to the French throne, the future king of France Charles VII is disinherited. The vitorious English King, Henry V is given the daughter of the French king in marriage. Burgandy allies itself with England and the combined forces are threatening to overrun the rest of France. The main obstacle to the complete conquest of France is the stategic City Orleans.
The common people of France look up to the King as their protector, even in areas that the English and their Burgandy allies control This is where an unlikely savior of France enters the scene, the Maid Joan of Arc. The author describes the ascendency of a peasant girl who becomes the savior of France. Mark Twain commented that Joan of Arc was the most remarkable person to ever live so this is where that I will stop my review.
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