{"id":9247,"date":"2014-12-16T11:54:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T11:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=9247"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:54:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T11:54:39","slug":"books-of-the-year-event-mail-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?p=9247","title":{"rendered":"Books of the Year \u2013 Event (Mail on Sunday)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Congratulations to Helen Castor who has an Event (Mail on Sunday) Book of the Year.<\/p>\n


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History-Makers<\/b><\/p>\n


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Joan of Arc by Helen Castor<\/p>\n


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\u2018In 1429, a 17-year-old girl dressed as a boy arrived at the court of Charles VII of France claiming to be God\u2019s emissary and swearing that she could save France. There have been numerous biographies of Joan of Arc before, but Castor brings a fresh perspective. She\u2019s careful to set the story in its proper historical and political context \u2013 Joan herself doesn\u2019t appear until 80 pages in. Then, by drawing on a great many contemporary sources, Castor shows how Joan\u2019s life, and her cause, gained such dramatic momentum. The result is as authoritative as it is readable.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

p. 25 (Event, December 7th 2014)<\/p>\n


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Lucy Worsley also picks \u2018Joan of Arc\u2019 as her book of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2018What was life like in medieval times? We have surviving buildings everyday items, and treasures to tell us, but medieval people often feel like strangers, hidden from view by their lack of literacy. In Joan of Arc, Helen Castor has brought back to life the 15th century\u2019s most famous woman: peasant, visionary and saintly heroine of the French people. And she has done so with a true historian\u2019s care.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

p. 30 (Event, December 7th 2014)<\/p>\n


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