· Joan of Arc: A History. Joan of Arc.: From the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves, the complex, surprising, and engaging story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world—as never told before. Helen Castor tells afresh the gripping story of the peasant girl from Domremy who hears voices from God, leads the French army to /5(2). Helen Ruth Castor FRSL (born 4 August in Cambridge) is a British historian of the medieval and Tudor period and a BBC bltadwin.ru taught history at Cambridge University and is the author of books including Blood and Roses () and She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth (). Programmes she has presented include BBC Radio 4's Making History and She . Any scholarly study of Joan of Arc has to contend with the image of a dainty, soft-spoken and sagacious country girl that has been erected over the past 5 centuries on the historical person. To her credit, Helen Castor does a commendable job in bringing out the real person behind the religious icon.
NOTES DE LECTURE. Helen CASTOR, Joan of Arc, A History, London: Faber and Faber, , pages, £ Once upon a time, there was a young king challenged by a foreign usurper; this king, in desperate circumstances, a hair''s breadth from final defeat, against all odds and every expectation, was saved by a divinely inspired young peasant girl arriving unexpectedly from a distant corner. The era was certainly an unstable and volatile time, and the story of Joan of Arc a remarkable one by any standards. Anyone interested in learning more about this period will want to read Joan of Arc: A History; Castor's outstanding ability to convey the important events and people that made up the political landscape make this one a winner. Joan of Arc: A History. From the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves, the complex, surprising, and engaging story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world—as never told before. Helen Castor tells afresh the gripping story of the peasant girl from Domremy who hears voices from God, leads the French army to victory, is burned at.
In her new book, Castor sets out to bring Joan of Arc into three dimensions, looking at her contemporaries and at the context surrounding her rise to fame and her subsequent fall. Helen Castor's new book is called "Joan of Arc: A History," and she joins me in the studio this morning. Welcome, Helen. Helen Castor frames Joan of Arc’s story within the political and religious turmoil of 15th-century France. Joan of Arc: A History (), a work of historical nonfiction by Helen Castor, retells Joan of Arc’s story from a historical perspective, in the context of the Hundred Years’ War. Receiving widespread critical praise following its publication, the book received various award nominations. Castor serves as a Fellow at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge.
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