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Originally Posted by Catlady
I followed that up with Helen Castor's Joan of Arc: A History, narrated by Anne Flosnik. This book spends a lot of time on the historical events and political climate leading up to Joan's arrival on the scene and basically nothing about her early life (which is a major aspect of Chen's novel).
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You lit a fire in me with your long Joan of Arc post. I haven’t read anything about her since childhood, so I went off to see what my libraries had on offer.
I’ve finished the Castor audiobook. I liked the premise of setting Joan in her historical context and found it illuminating, but with a hole at the center when dealing with Joan herself. Virtually ever other major character was more interesting. I also don’t like Anne Flosnick; I find her accent irritating, especially the way she says “djook”. And there are a lot of dukes in the book! Still glad to have read it.
I’ve got the Chen novel and the Harrison book on tap, both in text. That’s it from my libraries and I’m not going to give Twain another try. If I’m still interested when done, I’ll go on to Marina Warner’s
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism. I’ve had this on my TBR in paper for years and years, but I’ll treat myself to the ebook if I get this far.