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Sounds,03 Feb 2026,61 mins,

Contains prolonged violent scenes and scenes which some viewers may find disturbing.

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Teenage peasant, visionary commander, convicted heretic, national saint - Joan of Arc's life reads like a legend. Today Dan digs past that legend to understand who Joan really was, and why her story still provokes devotion, debate and reinvention 6 centuries later. Produced by Mariana Des Forges and edited by Dougal Patmore. All music from Epidemic Sounds/All3Media. Dan Snow's History Hit is a History Hit podcast.

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