Joan: The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint

Best-selling biographer and theologian Spoto has fashioned a fascinating new biography of one of the most intriguing figures to emerge from the murky shadows of the late Middle Ages.

Through the ensuing centuries the embellished legend of Joan of Arc has taken on a life of its own, but Spoto does an  admirable job of scratching beneath the surface to expose the flesh-and-blood woman who generated one of the most controversial debates in the history of the Catholic Church. Basing much of his research on newly translated transcripts of Joan's trial, Spoto breathes new life into an old subject.

(Margaret Flanagan, Booklist)

"A fresh and definitive biography in the context of Joan of Arc's times." (International Herald Tribune)

"Thought provoking and very readable. Joan's story is significant and should be retold.." (United Press International)