Joan

This is not your grandmothers St. Joan. . . . If every generation gets the Joan it deserves, ours could do worse than an ass-kicking, avenging angel fighting simply for the right to fight.The New York Times Book ReviewIt is as if Chen has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time.Hilary Mantel, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Booker Prize winner Wolf HallA secular reimagining and feminist celebration of the life of Joan of Arc that transforms the legendary saint into a flawed yet undeniable young woman.USA Today1412. France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. From this chaos emerges a teenage girl who will turn the tide of battle and lead the French to victory, becoming an unlikely hero whose name will echo across the...