02275cam a2200409 i 4500 1262052526 TxAuBib 210716s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021034296 9781984855800 1984855808 (OCoLC)19251 TxAuBib rda Chen, Katherine J., 1990-, author. Joan : a novel / Katherine J. Chen. First edition. New York : Random House, [2022] xiii, 350 pages : map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier ""1412. 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, an unlikely hero whose name will echo across the centuries. In Katherine J. Chen's hands, the myth and legend of Joan of Arc is transformed into a flesh-and-blood young woman: reckless, steel-willed, and brilliant. This stunningly-researched novel is a sweeping narrative of her life, from a childhood steeped in both joy and violence, to her meteoric rise to fame at the head of the French army, where she must navigate both the dangers of the battlefield and the equally treacherous politics of the royal court. For there are many who are threatened by a woman who leads, and Joan draws wrath and suspicion from all corners, even while her first tastes of fame, wealth, and glory leave her vulnerable to her own powerful ambition""-- Provided by publisher. Joan of Arc, Saint 1412-1431 Fiction. Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 Fiction. Women soldiers France Fiction. Soldiers France Fiction. Christian saints France Fiction. Women heroes France Fiction. Heroes France Fiction. France History Charles VII, 1422-1461. France History Charles VI, 1380-1422. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction.