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This review is from: Gloria: The Merlin and The Saint: From the Joan of Arc Tapestries (Hardcover)
I found this book to be very interesting. I did not read the first two books in the trilogy but had no trouble following this book. I think it was an interesting story, combining fiction with a historical character. The way Chamberlin describes La Pucelle througout the book keeps you wanting to read more of the story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
fantastic historical fictional fantasy,
This review is from: Gloria: The Merlin and The Saint: From the Joan of Arc Tapestries (Hardcover)
In 1428 Christian time, Augustinian monk Jean Pasquerel, a follower of the Old Religion of Merlin, knows that the young peasant Jehanne of Lorraine is the mythical La Pucelle. This chosen one will break the Templar Knight curse that cripples France. Meanwhile Jehanne persuades her loyal follower Lord Gilles de Rais, who sees her as his soul mate and salvation from a life of abuse and sin, to help her crown Charles the Dauphin as King of France.
Jehanne obtains loyal military help and with Gilles at her side leads a force to try to lift the siege at Orleans, a needed step on the way to placing the Dauphin on the throne. She leads her men into battle while Jann provides the witchcraft. Still Gilles has doubts not about the skills of Jehanne or Jann, but that the Dauphin will prove not strong enough to complete the final magical step that requires a sacrifice of major magnitude, which can only be the monarch himself or some equivalent, of which he knows of none other. Adding Merlinian sorcery into a vivid accurate historical portrayal of troubled fifteenth century France, Ann Chamberlin provides a fantastic historical fictional fantasy. Jehanne is wonderful as she matures from her youthful naiveté (see THE MERLIN OF ST. GILLES' WELL and THE MERLIN OF THE OAK WOOD) yet contains that charismatic exuberance that brings her loyal followers. Gilles has mellowed mostly because of his one true love. Fans of the series will devour the third tale while looking forward to the continuing saga of Joan of Arc meets Camelot in France. Harriet Klausner
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3.0 out of 5 stars
An Interesting but Unrealistic Veiw on History,
This review is from: Gloria: The Merlin and The Saint: From the Joan of Arc Tapestries (Hardcover)
I found this book at my library and decided to give this book a try since I really like the subject of Joan of Arc. I am about halfway through this book and I find that it is very well written and interesting. But the one thing that really keeps me from enjoying this book is the fact that she has Joan being portrayed as a pagan witch when history have proven to us that she was a very devout Catholic. The author had gotten her theory that Joan of Arc is a pagan from Margaret Murray someone that no reliable historian has been able to take her and her views on history serirously. If this book had been just a speculation of what Joan's life would have been like as a pagan I wouldn't have minded, but the author even goes so far as to say that she finds herself believeing that Joan is a pagan. I will probably end up buying this book to add it to my collection of books about Joan of Arc, but I must warn people to not take this story seriously as history since it makes a claim about a Christian saint that is both unrealistic and untrue.
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