World History Biographies: Joan of Arc
  • Published: 24 February 2009
  • ISBN: 9781426304156
  • Imprint: National Geographic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $16.99

World History Biographies: Joan of Arc

The Teenager Who Saved Her Nation

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These biographies, now in paperback, take a visual approach, using photographs and archival objects to tell a life story. Biographies are a central component of elementary education, and both women's history and medieval history are included in the curriculum.

Around 1412, a baby girl was born in the village of Domrémy who would change France forever. A farmer’s daughter, she seemed destined for an unremarkable life. But as the dramatic narrative of this World History Biography reveals, Joan’s life was anything but ordinary. By the age of 13, she knew her destiny—to drive the English invaders from France. By 17, she had led an army to victory at Orléans. Captured in battle, and too poor to be ransomed, Joan was burned at the stake before her 20th birthday.

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  • Published: 24 February 2009
  • ISBN: 9781426304156
  • Imprint: National Geographic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $16.99
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"These handsomely designed books present the lives and accomplishments of powerful leaders...Volumes are illustrated with maps and many colorful photographs of art and sculpture that give substance to years long past." --School Library Journal.