Chen (Author) 601 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 21.49 44 Used from 7.45 32 New from 17.00 1 Collectible from 23.95 Paperback 18.00 1 New from 18.00 Pre-order Price Guarantee. You also may purchase a copy at biblion in Lewes. Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc Paperback Jby Katherine J. Drop by Browseabout, order books online, or call the store at 30. With the upcoming English, Chen’s third feature as a director after 1998’s Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl and 2000’s Autumn in New York, she returns to her love of storytelling by adapting another. Online sources and digital versions are tempting however, supporting local brick and mortar shops helps to preserve our vibrant main streets. Please help support local independent bookstores by purchasing this book at Browseabout Books, official bookseller of the History Book Festival. Chen is the author of Mary B, a novel about the overlooked middle sister in Pride and Prejudice. Her work has been published in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, and the historical fiction anthology Stories from Suffragette City. Navigating the perils of the battlefield and the equally treacherous politics of the royal court, Joan draws wrath and suspicion from all corners, while her first taste of fame and glory leaves her vulnerable to her own powerful ambition. Chen’s hands, the legend of Joan of Arc is transformed into a flesh-and-blood young woman: reckless, steel-willed, and brilliant. From this chaos emerges a teenage girl who will turn the tide of battle. 'An epic take on the life of Joan of Arc, Chen's Joan reimagines the martyr as a secular, fierce, intelligent young warrior and woman, humanized and ripe for our time.'-Parade 'We all know the story of teenage Joan of Arc, but this electrifying novel fleshes her out as a passionate young woman who defied convention (and then some). Its people are starving, and its king is in hiding.

In 1412, France is mired in a losing war against England.

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