Joan Of Arc: The Great Soul

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Also known as The Maid of Orléans, Joan of Arc (in French, Jeanne D'Arc), a hero of the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc remains a French national hero six centuries later. As a teenager she heard voices from on high urging her to save France from English domination.

Despite being a young woman, she was placed at the head of an army; she attacked the English and forced them to retreat from Orléans. Later she was captured by the English, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake.