Mrs Oliphant

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Jeanne D'Arc, Her Life And Death

Beschreibung

"Jeanne D'Arc, Her Life and Death" was written with the aid of Mrs. Oliphant, a famous Victorian-generation author. The book, which got here out inside the past due 1800s, is about the amazing lifestyles of Joan of Arc, a famous historic figure who is visible as a sign of faith and braveness. The story Mrs. Oliphant tells is an entire have a look at Jeanne D'Arc's life, from her terrible beginnings in Domrémy to her key role within the Hundred Years' War among England and France. The biography is going into notable element about Jeanne's visions from God, her unshakable belief that she turned into supposed to crown Charles VII, and her management on the battlefield, in which she performed a key role inside the siege of Orléans. The author takes a nuanced view of Jeanne D'Arc's individual, exploring the complexities of her trial and final dying as a martyr. Mrs. Oliphant gives readers a look at the political and non-secular climate of the time, which allows them recognize the tough conditions Jeanne changed into in and how her memory affected others. "Jeanne D'Arc, Her Life and Death" indicates how exact Mrs. Oliphant is at telling ancient tales. She does plenty of study and is aware of the way to write in a way that brings the Maid of Orléans to existence.

Autor

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant was a Scottish author and historical writer who usually wrote under the name Mrs. Oliphant. She was born Margaret Oliphant Wilson on April 4, 1828, and died on June 20, 1897. She writes "domestic realism, the historical novel, and tales of the supernatural" as her short stories. Margaret Oliphant was born in Wallyford, near Musselburgh, East Lothian. She was the only daughter and youngest child still living of Margaret Oliphant and Francis W. Wilson, a clerk. We lived in Lasswade, Glasgow, and Liverpool when she was a child. In Wallyford, a street called Oliphant Gardens is named after her. As a girl, she was always trying new things with writing. Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, her first book, came out in 1849. This was about the mostly successful Scottish Free Church movement, which was something her folks agreed with. Next came Caleb Field in 1851, the same year she met publisher William Blackwood in Edinburgh and was asked to write for Blackwood's Magazine. She did so for the rest of her life and wrote over 100 articles, including one that criticized Arthur Dimmesdale in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books LLP
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9789360463748
• ISBN-10: 9360463744
• Artikelnr.: 69882659