Blood Red, Sister Rose: The vivid, unforgettable reimagining of Joan of Arc by the Booker Prize-winning author of SCHINDLER'S ARK

Thomas Keneally

Sep 2013 · Hachette UK

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Soon to be a film by Baz Luhrmann and Ava Pickett

Before she was a legend, she was a girl.

In a Europe fractured by the violence of the Hundred Years' War, a peasant girl with a radical vision stands at the centre of a struggle for her nation's future.

Jehanne has always dreamed of a life beyond her village in eastern France - but the demands of God and country prove greater than she could ever imagine. Stretched to the edges of her sanity and plucked from all she knows, Jehanne finds herself thrust into roles she never sought: warrior, prophet, heretic, saint.

Reimagining one of history's most captivating figures with breathtaking clarity, Thomas Keneally spins a tale of ambition, delusion, treachery and devotion. And at its heart, a remarkable young woman, haunted by a calling that she cannot ignore.

'A St. Joan book to remember . . . the familiar tragedy flames up with new and terrible effects in the retelling'
SUNDAY TIMES

'Saint Joan lives again, in a way we have not known her before . . . Startling and, at the same time, amazingly plausible'
NEW YORK TIMES

'A vivid recreation of Joan's age, so full of hypocrisy, vengeance, blood, treachery and madness'
FINANCIAL TIMES

Soon to be a film by Baz Luhrmann and Ava Pickett Before she was a legend, she was a girl. In a Europe fractured by the violence of the Hundred Years' War, a peasant girl with a radical vision stands at the centre of a struggle for her nation's future. Jehanne has always dreamed of a life beyon...

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About the author

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published more than thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published more than thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest,...

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