Joan of Arc by Régine Pernoud7/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Though historical records are not my favorite thing to read, it’s appropriate to center a book about Joan around them. Her personality, her boldness, and her holiness leap through the pages and force their way into your heart. Recently, though, I was inspired to pick it up and was amazed to discover that Pernoud’s work is actually a gripping page turner-not because the historical records are necessarily that fascinating but because the person of Joan is fascinating. ![]() Joan of Arc’s life, trial, and death along with commentary, I expected the book would make for rather dry reading and so avoided it for some time. ![]() Because it’s a review of all the historical records about St. Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses by Régine Pernoud is one of those books that lingered on my bookshelf for over a year. ![]()
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