By Kimberly Cutter
“Was she a saint or a witch? A visionary or a madwoman? Or a unprecedented peasant lady who, at God’s bidding, led a military, kept France, and paid the cost via burning alive? . . . Kimberly Cutter’s portrait of ‘Jehanne’ as a wierd, gritty teenage tomboy and real believer is compelling.” —USA Today
It is the 15th century, and the tumultuous Hundred Years’ battle rages on. France is lower than siege, English squaddies tear throughout the geographical region destroying all who pass their paths, and Charles VII, the uncrowned king, has neither the energy nor the need to rally his military. And within the quiet of her mom and dad’ backyard in Domrémy, a peasant woman sees a spangle of sunshine and hears a robust voice communicate her identify: Jehanne.
The tale of Jehanne d’Arc, the visionary and saint who believed she were selected by way of God, who led a military and kept her nation, has captivated our imaginations for hundreds of years. however the tale of Jehanne—the woman whose sister used to be murdered through the English, who sought an get away from a violent father and a pressured marriage, who taught herself to journey and to struggle, and who by some means chanced on the braveness and tenacity to cajole first one, then , then hundreds of thousands to stick to her—is right now exciting, unforeseen, and heartbreaking. wealthy with unstated love and battlefield valor, The Maid is a singular concerning the energy and uncertainty of religion and the exhilarating and devastating outcomes of popularity.
“Impressive . . . Cutter conjures up the novel’s medieval global with awesome details.” —New York occasions booklet Review
“Joan of Arc, the teenage peasant woman who commanded a French military, was once burned on the stake, and finally declared a saint, exists in our collective mind's eye as extra fantasy than person . . . Cutter strips away the romanticism in want of a extra advanced portrayal that increases a few provocative questions.” —O Magazine
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