The 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. But the story of Jehanne--the girl whose sister was murdered by the English, who sought 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.
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