Before the watershed moment of Joan of Arc's emergence onto the historical scene in 1429, Charles the Dauphin of France was derisively called by the English and their Burgundian allies, the "King of Bourges," yet by his death in 1461, he had presided over the expulsion of the English from all of their continental possessions except Calais. Were it not for a teenage peasant maiden, however, history might have taken a different course...
She arrived suddenly in the spring of 1429. Her dramatic appearance and short but impactful mission were legendary even in her own times, yet her star would explode in the fires of martyrdom almost as quickly as it rose. Held prisoner for the final year of her life from May 23, 1430 until May 30, 1431, she perished in flames at the stake at Rouen like a nova whose time had come.
But her story lives on...
Joan of Arc. Virgin, martyr, hero, saint.
Take your first steps with her today!
A Hero Is Chosen Series
Hero Stories of the Saints
Book One
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Reflections of an Uncommon Monk: Toward a Theology of Hero-Sainthood
Book Two
Mission of the Maiden: The Hero Story of Joan of Arc
Book Three
God's Good Servant and the King's: The Hero Story of Thomas More
Part One
Historical Context
: Fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Renaissance Europe
Part Two
God's Good Servant and the King's
: Thomas More's hero-saint story focusing on his public dissent from King Henry VIII until his execution
Book Four
King of Kings: The Hero Story of Jesus of Nazareth
: Old and New Testament history; first-century AD Roman occupation of Judea
King of Kings
: Jesus of Nazareth's hero-saint story focusing on his public mission from his baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist until his crucifixion at Calvary
Book Five
Friar, Priest, and Martyr: The Hero Story of Maximilian Kolbe
: Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe; the rise of German nationalism
Friar, Priest, and Martyr
: Maximilian's hero-saint story focusing on his public mission as a friar and priest until his imprisonment and death at Auschwitz
Book Six
A Vocation Story Never Told: A Hero Story of Future Saints
Short fiction novella that takes place beginning in the late twenty-second century
Book Seven
Hero Bible Verses: Meditations of a Saint
Inspiring Bible quotes from Genesis to Revelation