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TAYLOR, LARISSA JULIET: : The Virgin Warrior: The Life and Death of Joan of Arc

USA.NEW HAVEN/LONDON.YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS,2009.

ISBN 9780300114584.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10-1.Though an American publisher with American bibliographic and Library of Congress data,book was printed in the UK.] FINE/FINE.Donor's neat,ink,gift presentation inscrptn (Christmas) and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial artwork (painting detail 'Joan of Arc Being Led to the Stake,1867 - Isidore Patrois,Musee des Beaux-Arts,Rouen, Bridgeman Art Laibrary) illustrated dw/dj, with brown+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain light beige(?) cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain maroon endpapers - inscrptn to ffe excepted.US,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,ix-xxvpp+2-251pp [paginated] includes illustrations list, acknowledgements,a chronology,a preface,a prologue,10 chapters and an epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w illustration reproduction and b/w photographs,in 1 block,between pp134/5,appendices (A-D)abbreviations, notes,further reading and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,maps list to reverse of last page of illustrations list, and 2pp blanks at rear. She was France's great heroine and England's great scourge.Whether Joan of Arc was a lunatic,a witch,a religious icon or a skilled soldier and leader,her contemporaries found her as extraordinary and fascinating as are the legends that abound about her today.But her life has been so endlessly cast and recast that we have lost sight of the remarkable girl at the heart of it - a teenage peasant girl who,after claiming to hear voices,convinced the French king to let her lead a disheartened army into battle.In the process she changed the course of European history. In 'The Virgin Warrior',Larissa Juliet Taylor paints a vivid portrait of Joan as a self-confident,charismatic and supremely determined figure,whose sheer force of will electrified those around her and struck terror into the hearts of the English soldiers and leaders.The drama of Joan's life is set against a world where visions and witchcraft were real,where saints could appear to peaants,battles and sieges decided the fate of kingdoms,and rigged trials could result in burning at the stake.Yet in her short life,Joan emboldened the French soldiers and villagers with her strength and resolve.A difficult,inflexible leader,she defied her accusers and enemies to the end.From her early years to the myths and fantasies that have swelled since her death,Taylor teases out a nuanced and engaging story of the truly irresistible 'ordinary' girl who rescued France. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct and possibly,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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