Joan of Arc

A late 19th-century biography that captures the remarkable true story of a peasant girl who heard voices from God and changed the course of history. Ronald Sutherland Gower tells of Joan of Arc's journey from the humble village of Domrémy to the battlefields of France, where her unwavering conviction lifted a nation's spirits and turned the tide of the Hundred Years' War. The narrative traces her meteoric rise: arriving at Orléans in 1429 with her banner, driving the English from the city in just nine days, and witnessing the coronation of Charles VII at Reims. But it also chronicles her tragic fall: the failed sieges, her capture by the Burgundians, and her trial for heresy. Written with Victorian reverence for religious devotion and heroic virtue, this account preserves the romantic spirit of an age that saw Joan as the soul of France. It remains compelling reading for anyone drawn to stories of conviction against impossible odds, of a teenager who remade herself into a warrior and was martyred for her beliefs.