Joan of Arc/Rene of Aunjou.

With reference to the previous help I have
received.Life and Times of Margaret of Anjou and of her father Rene
the Good etc.Tinsley Brothers .London 1872. Is now out of print so I
have left a seach to buy an original when one becomes availabe.
I can now move onto Joan of Arc, there are a
plethera of books about the young lass,could someone recommend one.I
thank you all again and apologise for picking your brains again!
Kind regards,
Dave.

--- In , "Dave"
<DAVEGAMESITE@A...> wrote:
> With reference to the previous help I have
> received.Life and Times of Margaret of Anjou and of her father Rene
> the Good etc.Tinsley Brothers .London 1872. Is now out of print so
I
> have left a seach to buy an original when one becomes availabe.
> I can now move onto Joan of Arc, there are
a
> plethera of books about the young lass,could someone recommend
one.I
> thank you all again and apologise for picking your brains again!
> Kind regards,
> Dave.


There's a reading list online at

http://www.the-orb.net/bibliographies/joan.html

The authors of that reading list are pretty well known as Joan of Arc
scholars; and in fact, they put together a symposium in honor of
another noted Joan scholar, the late Regine Pernoud, back in 1996 or
1997; papers from that symposium formed the basis of the book of
essays, _Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc_.

Since that list was put together, Kelly DeVries has done a book on
Joan of Arc as a military commander. I confess that I bought it a
couple of years ago and it sits on my shelf -- I don't know whether
it is well-regarded or not.

I can now move onto Joan of Arc, there are a
plethera of books about the young lass,could someone recommend one.I
thank you all again and apologise for picking your brains again!
Kind regards,
Dave.
Hi, Dave and all: my favorite Joan of Arc book is by Frances Gies:
she's calm, factual, tries to find the human motivations in all parties,
extends sympathy to the position and character of Charles VII, and
doesn't put Joan on a pedestal. There's a book that examines Joan as a
military leader which is also good, and takes a fairly close look at
some of her colleagues, like La Hire (who always interested me).

Regine Pernoud is a great authority on Joan, and if you can get by the
florid style and perspective, you'll get a lot out of her books.

I had problems with Vita Sackville-West, also florid; not very judicial;
point of view a little in-your-face.

Leave Mark Twain alone, at least for a while: it's a novel, and a very,
very, very long one.

Hope this helps,

Maria
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