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    Joan of Arc

    Written by Mary Gordon

    Narrated by Mari Devon

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    About this audiobook

    Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an army to victory and crowned the king of France, only to be captured and burned at the stake as a heretic: all by the age of nineteen. Gordon does more than tell this gripping story: she explores Joan's mystery and the many facets of her inspiring life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 13, 2000
    ISBN9781415910610
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    Joan of Arc
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    Mary Gordon

    Mary Gordon is the author of the novel Spending.

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    • 4/5
      Not a definitive work on the “Maid of Orleans”, nor was it meant to be, Penguin Lives’ “Joan of Arc” by Mary Gordon does a superb job of deconstructing much of the intentional and unintentional iconography involved in studying Joan and her lasting effects on France and its providence. Ms. Gordon portrays her as a simple “cowgirl” but one who intrinsically understood the power of images and their uses, so much so that she was able to play the part of “chef de guerre” at a time when women, especially girls, played no such role. However, what intrigued me the most in this mini-bio was Ms. Gordon’s rendering of Joan as a quixotic figure well over a century before Cervantes’ character. Unfortunately, Ms. Gordon ends her excellent treatise with a fair share of feminist vitriol, which I found unneeded and unnecessary.
    • 4/5
      I would have given the book a higher rating if it hadn't been for the last chapter. I had no desire to read about all the things ever created using Joan of Arc as the protagonist. Boring. Gordon went a long way in establishing the context surrounding Joan. How Joan fit into society and how that society was created the myth, legend and icon that is Joan of Arc. It very intriguing how an uneducated, religious peasant girl is able to lead the army of France into battle to allow the dauphin Charles to be crowned King. Establishing her place in the larger theatre that was 16th century French politics, religion and royalty is fascinating. Nowhere else could it have happened and had Joan not perished the way she did, she would not be the legend and icon she is. The books is not long, and it can be choppy in places, but it is a different kind of biography. Not one of names, dates and places but of the context and historical significance of an individual.