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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction
A remarkable reappraisal of Joan of Arc and her legendary deeds.
The story of Joan of Arc has always held a special fascination for writers - among them Voltaire, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw and Jean Anouilh. Here Thomas Keneally transforms the legend, presenting a Joan who is at once a tough radical, an instinctive soldier, a nagging prophet and a touchingly vulnerable girl - a haunting and compelling heroine framed by the tumultuous times in which she lived.
Praise for Blood Red, Sister Rose
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A great storyteller - The Times
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A St. Joan book to remember . . . the familiar tragedy flames up with new and terrible effects in the retelling - The Sunday Times
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A vivid recreation of Joan's age, so full of hypocrisy, vengeance, blood, treachery and madness - one that is eminently worth reading - Financial Times
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A fictionally and spiritually satisfying Joan - Guardian
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To say that Mr Keneally writes like a man possessed implies an abandon and breathlessness far from his tense, sinewy prose; yet this is perhaps the only way to convey the power and immediate quality of his remarkable novel. The effect is one of excitement and absolute authority - Sunday Telegraph
Thomas Keneally
Thomas Keneally, of Irish extraction, was brought up in Australia and still lives in Sydney. His novels include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates (which first led him to study nineteenth century American history). Schindler's Ark was later turned into as remarkable a film by Steven Spielberg under the title Schindler's List.
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