“Again she had made a personal contribution completely unforeseen in the military planning and calculations. The more one studies her military contribution, the more mysterious it becomes. Entirely ignorant of strategy and military knowledge, acting solely on an inner impulse, she places herself at the head of what seem to be the most foolhardy enterprises—and succeeds.”
Stolpe’s well-researched work on the life and legacy of Joan of Arc which arrives at a complex portrait of the Maid of Orleans.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1956. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Medium octavo. 311 pages. Dust jacket in good condition and in protector. Boards and spine are bright and clean. Very little edge wear, some bumping to corners. Binding is tight and square. Some tanning to pages. Owner’s name and address on front end paper. Nice copy.
