{"product_id":"maid-a-novel-of-joan-of-arc-paperback","title":"Maid: A Novel of Joan of Arc - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKimberly Cutter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Was she a saint or a witch? A visionary or a madwoman? Or an extraordinary peasant girl who, at God's bidding, led an army, saved France, and paid the price by burning alive? . . . Kimberly Cutter's portrait of 'Jehanne' as a strange, gritty teenage tomboy and true believer is compelling.\" --\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the fifteenth century, and the tumultuous Hundred Years' War rages on. France is under siege, English soldiers tear through the countryside destroying all who cross their paths, and Charles VII, the uncrowned king, has neither the strength nor the will to rally his army. And in the quiet of her parents' garden in Domrémy, a peasant girl sees a spangle of light and hears a powerful voice speak her name: Jehanne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Jehanne d'Arc, the visionary and saint who believed she had been chosen by God, who led an army and saved her country, has captivated our imaginations for centuries. But the story of Jehanne--the girl whose sister was murdered by the English, who sought an escape from a violent father and a forced marriage, who taught herself to ride and to fight, and who somehow found the courage and tenacity to persuade first one, then two, then thousands to follow her--is at once thrilling, unexpected, and heartbreaking. Rich with unspoken love and battlefield valor, \u003ci\u003eThe Maid\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the power and uncertainty of faith and the exhilarating and devastating consequences of fame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Impressive . . . Cutter evokes the novel's medieval world with striking details.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Joan of Arc, the teenage peasant girl who commanded a French army, was burned at the stake, and eventually declared a saint, exists in our collective imagination as more myth than human being . . . Cutter strips away the romanticism in favor of a more complex portrayal that raises some provocative questions.\" --\u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the girl rides her army of ten thousand warriors, all of them united by the same strange and feverish joy as they crash across the winter fields, through the white land and toward the shadowed stillness of the pines. She is seventeen, a peasant, unschooled, simple as a thumb. But on this morning, she is simply God s arrow, shot across the winterland, brilliant and savage and divine. Unstoppable.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt is the fifteenth century, and the tumultuous Hundred Years War rages on. France is under siege, English soldiers tear through the countryside destroying all who cross their paths, and Charles VII, the uncrowned king, has neither the strength nor the will to rally his army. And in the quiet of her parents garden in Domremy, a peasant girl sees a spangle of light and hears a powerful voice speak her name. \u003ci\u003eJehanne\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eThe story of Jehanne d Arc, the visionary and saint who believed she had been chosen by God, who led an army and saved her country, has captivated our imaginations for centuries. But the story of Jehanne the girl whose sister was murdered by the English, who sought an escape from a violent father and a forced marriage, who taught herself to ride and to fight, and who somehow found the courage and tenacity to persuade first one, then two, then thousands to follow her, is at once thrilling, unexpected, and heartbreaking. Rich with unspoken love and battlefield valor, \u003ci\u003eThe Maid\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the power and uncertainty of faith, and the exhilarating and devastating consequences of fame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas she a saint or a witch? A visionary or a madwoman? Or an extraordinary peasant girl who, at God s bidding, led an army, saved France, and paid the price by burning alive? . . . Kimberly Cutter s portrait of Jehanne as a strange, gritty teenage tomboy and true believer is compelling. \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe story of Jehanne d Arc, the visionary and saint who believed she had been chosen by God, who led an army and saved her country, has captivated our imaginations for centuries. But the story of Jehanne the girl whose sister was murdered by the English, who sought an escape from a violent father and a forced marriage, who taught herself to ride and to fight, and who somehow found the courage and tenacity to persuade first one, then two, then thousands to follow her is at once thrilling, unexpected, and heartbreaking. Rich with unspoken love and battlefield valor, \u003ci\u003eThe Maid\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about the power and uncertainty of faith and the exhilarating and devastating consequences of fame. \u003cbr\u003e Impressive . . . Cutter evokes the novel s medieval world with striking details. \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Joan of Arc, the teenage peasant girl who commanded a French army, was burned at the stake, and eventually declared a saint, exists in our collective imagination as more myth than human being . . . Cutter strips away the romanticism in favor of a more complex portrayal that raises some provocative questions. \u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44341060206694,"sku":"9780547844930","price":24.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/hxcYaxA9hR9780547844930.webp?v=1768567848","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/maid-a-novel-of-joan-of-arc-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}