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Goldstone, Nancy Bazelon.

The maid and the queen : the secret history of Joan of Arc / Nancy Goldstone. - London : Phoenix, 2013. - xviii, 296 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This revisionist biography unearths the secular and verifiable basis for Joan of Arc's heroic exploits: Yolande of Aragon, a forgotten mentor. This is a story of not one life, but two - two lives that together were intertwined in the restoration of France's greatness.

ISBN: 9781780220291 (pbk.) : 9.99 1780220294 (pbk.) : 9.99

Subjects--Personal Names:
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.
Yolande d'Aragon, Queen, consort of Louis II, King of Naples, -1442.
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 --Friends and associates.
Yolande d'Aragon, Queen, consort of Louis II, King of Naples, -1442 --Friends and associates.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian women saints--France--Biography.
Christian saints--France--Biography.
Nobility--France--Biography.
Biography.
Biography.

LC Class. No.: DC103

Dewey Class. No.: 920 JOA