The Maid and the Queen : The Secret History of Joan of Arc
by Nancy Goldstone
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Attention, Game of Thrones’ fans: The most enjoyably sensational aspects of medieval politics double-crosses, ambushes, bizarre personal obsessions, lunacy and naked self-interest are in abundant evidence in Nancy Goldstone's The Maid and the Queen .” (Laura Miller, Salon.com) Joan of Arc, the brave peasant girl who heard the voices of angels and helped restore her king to the throne of France, astonished her contemporaries and continues to fascinate us today. Until now, though, her relationship with Yolande of Aragon, the ambitious and beautiful queen of Sicilymother-in-law to the dauphinhas been little known. In a stunning work filled with intrigue, madness, and mysticism, Nancy Goldstone solves the thrilling mystery by showing that if you pry open the Queen's secrets, you will find the Maid's. Caught in the complex dynastic battle of the Hundred Years War, Yolande of Aragon championed the dauphin's cause. As French hopes dimmed, a courageous young woman arrived from the farthest recesses of the kingdom. But how did she gain an audience with a king? Was it only God's hand that moved Joan of Arcor was it also Yolande of Aragon's?
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- Title
- The Maid and the Queen : The Secret History of Joan of Arc
- Author
- Nancy Goldstone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670023337
- ISBN 13
- 9780670023332
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
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