A review by bowienerd_82
Joan of Arc: Her Story by Régine Pernoud

3.0

The translator of this one apparently re-arranged the text, and I'm not sure he did at great job, as the book is rather odd in the way it is put together. I do appreciate that the text is very "just the facts, ma'am", and that the information is taken from contemporary primary sources. I kind of enjoy the fact that the book starts not with Joan's childhood, but with the first written mention of her in the contemporary sources.

However, I wish all the information relegated to the various appendices had remained in situ in the text, as their lack made the book feel a bit short and stilted.