Joan of Arc is remembered variously as a saint, a shepherdess, a heretic and a lunatic. Now a new biography, ‘The Virgin Warrior’, reveals which versions of her are fantasy and which bear proper scrutiny. Author Larissa Juliet Taylor joins Jenni to explore how canny Joan was about promoting her image, and to discuss whether she was as saintly as her fans would have us believe.
'The Virgin Warrior: The life and death of Joan of Arc', by Larissa Juliet Taylor, is published by Yale University Press, ISBN: 978-0300114584
