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The sheer improbability of Joan's life shocks. Her extreme youth (dead at 19), the brevity of her career (two years), the savagery she encountered at the hands of her enemies; all these come like a slap in the face from this beautifully paced account. By evoking her as a warrior, religious figure and as a simple girl, Gordon builds a flesh and blood picture of a young woman existing at "the point at which myth, symbol and act collide and create a new essence". It is easy to forget that Joan was ever a real person. In Joan of Arc there is never any doubt. --James Harris
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