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Joan of Arc, A Military Leader. By Kelly DeVries. Stroud, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7509-2787-9. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii, 244. £7.99.
Writing an original biography of Joan of Arc, one of the if not the most written about individuals of the Middle Ages, is a major challenge. But Kelly DeVries, an associate professor at Loyola College and author of numerous books and articles on medieval military history, has found a way to accomplish this task. The book is well written and sheds a new and well deserved light on Joan of Arc's military career. As the author reminds us, she was foremost a "warrior, a soldier and a general" (p. xi). This book is also a good concise account of the Hundred Years' War from 1428 to...