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Margaret Oliphant was a 19th century Scottish writer of historical fiction and supernatural tales. Oliphant was a very prolific author, having written over 100 books throughout her career. This work is about Joan of Arc, one of the most famous women in history: a French folk... Read Full Overview

"Jeanne D'Arc - Her Life And Death" from Margaret Oliphant. Scottish novelist and historical writer (1828-1897).

Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life and Death is a historical biography written by Margaret Oliphant in 1908. The book tells the story of Jeanne d'Arc, a young French peasant girl who claimed to have been sent by God to help the French army in their fight against the English during the Hundred... Read Full Overview

Jeanne d'Arc - Her Life and Death is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As... Read Full Overview

Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc; c. 1412 - 30 May 1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orl ans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orl ans), is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. She was... Read Full Overview

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 - 20 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works encompass "domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural"... Read Full Overview

Margaret Oliphant Wilson was born on April 4th, 1828 to Francis W. Wilson, a clerk, and Margaret Oliphant, at Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Her youth was spent in establishing a writing style and by 1849 she had her first novel published: Passages in the Life of... Read Full Overview

Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death By Margaret Oliphant

It is no small effort for the mind, even of the most well-informed, how much more of those whose exact knowledge is not great (which is the case with most readers, and alas with most writers also), to transport itself out of this nineteenth century which we know so thoroughly,... Read Full Overview

It is no small effort for the mind, even of the most well-informed, how much more of those whose exact knowledge is not great (which is the case with most readers, and alas with most writers also), to transport itself out of this nineteenth century which we know so thoroughly,... Read Full Overview

CHAPTER I - FRANCE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. 1412- 1423. " It is no small effort for the mind, even of the most well-informed, how much more of those whose exact knowledge is not great (which is the case with most readers, and alas! with most writers also), to transport itself... Read Full Overview