Saint Joan of Arc: Born, January 6th, 1412; Burned as a Heretic, May 30th, 1431; Canonised as a Saint, May 16th, 1920 [VINTAGE 1938]

Sackville-West, Vita

Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1938

About this Item

Very good condition red cloth boards with front cover embossed decoration and silver spine lettering. Includes Foreword; Introductory Note; Appendices; Chronological Table; Bibliography; and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white line-cut illustrations (maps). The beginning of the Foreword section contains a neatly scripted former owner name and neatly scripted "Please return to" and the lower front right corner of the blank first free front endpaper contains a round embossed stamp. All pages are in fine condition and the spine is in exceedingly tight and square condition (see photographs). "There are many deliberate omissions in this book. Students of the period may ask why I have not entered more closely into such things as the relations between the Dukes of Burgundy, Brittany, Bedford, and Gloucester, Cardinal Beaufort, and so on. My answer is, that I wished to concentrate on Joan of Arc herself, bringing in the minimum of outside politics. It seemed to me that Joan of Arc was far more important and problematical than any of the figures or politics which surrounded her. It became necessary for me to refer to some of those figures and politics: but, beyond that simplified reference, I have kept her consistently in the foreground, at the expense of other interests. It seemed to me, in short that Joan of Arc presented a fundamental problem of the deepest importance, whereas the political difficulties of her day presented only a topical and therefore secondary interest. The history of France in the fifteenth century can hold no interest today save for the scholar; the strange career of Joan of Arc, on the other hand, remains a story the conclusion of which is as yet unfound. I do not claim to have found it in this book. I take the view that many years, possibliy hundreds of years, may elapse before it is found at all." - from the Foreword by the author. Seller Inventory # 001979

Bibliographic Details

Title: Saint Joan of Arc: Born, January 6th, 1412; ...

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York

Publication Date: 1938

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket