Recommended for history buffs, those interested in Joan of Arc's life and those who enjoy plays with strong female leads. The Lark is a play that encapsulates Joan of Arc's life and her tragic but heroic end. Jean Anouilh brings the story to life with his captivating writing style and memorable characters.

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Author: Jean Anouilh
Publisher: Meuthun & Co Ltd, 1961
Condition: Softcover, Well Read, Moderate scuffs and dogears on book exterior, Little to no damage on book interior

To the great lords of her time as well as the politicians of the Church expediency was God. So the Maid had to die. So to Warwick and Cauchon, her life has the'somewhat artificial, and certainly impersonal, quality of a play. Short scenes from it are played out during the trial as they struggle to turn her simplicity into heresy. But it is the glory of her life rather than the tragedy that is the triumphant climax of the play.

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