Jehanne Darc, Book One

Book One: From Domrémy to Orléans

Jehanne Darc draws on the historical record to create a vivid, lyrical present-tense narrative of women at war. The first volume of a trilogy, Book One takes Jehanne Darc (later known as Jeanne d'Arc) from her origins to her first victory, at Orléans.

She was born 150 years earlier than Shakespeare, toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, back when Europe was made up less of nations than atomistic states, riven by warlords and their militias. Families were ...