Book
Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc
- Published
- 1990
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 176
- Words
- 38511
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98995.Beyond_the_Myth?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_41
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 8.3
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1100L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and religious conflict; of a king who suffered fits of madness and his weak son who made a disappointing successor; and of a peasant girl from the countryside who accomplished what appeared to be miracles by rallying the dispirited French nation with her desire to see the rightful king rule. Little more than a year after her astounding triumphs-uniting the nation and securing the throne for Charles VII with her victory over the English at Orlean-nineteen-year-old Joan was imprisoned on charges of witchcraft and sorcery, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake. Polly Schoyer Brooks's detailed narrative unveils the spirited young woman who became a patron saint and continues to inspire courage and faith.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780395981382
- ISBN-10
- 0395981387
Tags
BiographyFranceHistoryJoan of ArcReligionReligion-ChristianityWar