The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc

by Nancy Goldstone and Nancy Goldstone

Book Overview

"Attention, 'Game of Thrones' fans: The most enjoyably sensational aspects of medieval politics - double-crosses, ambushes, bizarre personal obsessions, lunacy and naked self-interest - are in abundant evidence in Nancy Goldstone's The Maid and the Queen ." (Laura Miller, Salon.com) Politically astute, ambitious, and beautiful, Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily, was one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Caught in the complex dynastic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670023337
• ISBN13: 9780670023332
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher