Saint Joan Of Arc

The year was 1429, and the Hundred Years’ War was raging. The Dauphin, the rightful king of France, had been denied his rightful throne, his hereditary lands torn from him. His enemies schemed to crown the English king as monarch of both England and France. Only a few French strongholds remained loyal. Hope was trickling away . . .

But outside the besieged town of Orleans, a seventeen-year-old girl from Domremy, her white and gold banner flying, would lead the French army to an improbable victory over their English oppressors. “What God commands must be right,” she declared.

Who was this astonishing young woman? How did she accomplish the feats that military experts called impossible? And what would become of her-and of her heroic quest for peace?