Joan of Arc

The French consider her a national hero, without whom France would not exist; The British regarded her as their liberator, without whom the Magna Carta of Liberty would not have been signed; The Swiss regard her as the mother of their country, and the Spanish and Italians thank her for her efforts in the birth of their country; In Italy and Germany, the legend of Joan of Arc, the pioneer of the Renaissance and the Reformation, is still circulating; She is a humble believer, a warrior of the Lord and a religious miracle given to mankind by God; The greatest military strategist, reformer, inventor, writer, and artist in the Middle Ages. She is the friend of the people, the ally of the monarch, the companion of the merchants, the lingering nightmare of the lords and nobles; This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.