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The Maid and the Queen by Nancy Goldstone
The Maid and the Queen by Nancy  Goldstone












The Maid and the Queen by Nancy Goldstone

The true story of Joan of Arc, then, is the story of Yolande of Aragon, and the lengths she went to secure the future of her children-and grandchildren. It is in this context, Goldstone argues, that Joan’s story makes perfect sense, as Yolande used her to inspire her son-in-law to move forward in the war.

The Maid and the Queen by Nancy Goldstone

The Maid and the Queen, subtitled “The Secret History of Joan of Arc”, relates the familiar story of Joan of Arc-the French peasant girl who, during the Hundred Years War, was divinely inspired to aid the true king of France, Charles VII-in the context of the criminally obscure Yolande of Aragon, Charles VII’s mother-in-law and Queen of Sicily. But when I saw Laura Miller’s review of The Maid and the Queen, I was intrigued enough to put it on my list, and it turned out to be one of the rare new books just lying on the shelves at the library. Needless to say, given my hideous debating skills, she burned at the stake a second time. ( Julie D’Aubigny, anyone?) My biggest memory concerning Joan of Arc is a mock trial from my European history class in high school, where I was the head of the defense. I don’t know much about Joan of Arc, which is a bit odd-usually, give me a historic Frenchwoman who can handle a sword and I’m weak at the knees. The Maid and the Queen by Nancy Goldstone














The Maid and the Queen by Nancy  Goldstone