ARGONAUT BOOKS

A masterful, thrilling portrait of sinister power, magical charisma and gruesome death.Evening Standard Books of the Year - Simon Sebag MontefioreEntirely convincing and gripping . . . Earlier this year, the city of Rouen opened a new museum dedicated to Joan of Arc, intended in part to rescue her image from the myths that have surrounded it. Castor's book is another important way of returning Joan's "star" to the realm where it belongs, the human one.New York Times - Amanda ForemanWith elegant bravado, Helen Castor hacks through the different accounts, giving blood and sinew to a figure sassi...Read More