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Harper & Bros.. 1st. 1948. good+. Hardcover. 303pp including bibliography; green cover with chipping gilt lettering on spine; fore edge uncut; b/w glossy frontis; wear to extrems of cover with boards in evidence at corners; .
The Saint and the Devil: Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais by Frances Winwar - 1948: A Biographical Study in Good and Evil
by Frances Winwar
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The Saint and the Devil: Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais: A Biographical Study in Good and Evil
by Frances Winwar
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Harper & Brothers, New York. 1948. Hardcover First Edition (stated). 8vo. 303 pages including Bibliography. Partly faded gilt lettering on medium green boards. Corners and spine ends are slightly worn, but not bumped or torn. See photo(s). Covers are clean and text and interior is very good throughout, with an ecclesiastical bookplate on front paste down. Two more different souls could not be found than the subjects of this book; the one was called a saint; the other, tortured and killed dozens if not hundreds of little boys,
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- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1948
- Keywords True Crime, Medieval Saints and SInners, Joan of Arc, Gilles de Rais, Good and Evil
- Size 8vo
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Saint and the Devil, The: Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais: A Biographical Study in Good and Evil
by Winwar, Frances
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The Saint and the Devil; Joan of Arc and gilles de Rais
by Winwar, Frances
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Harper & Bros, 1948. Stated first edition. Hardcover. very good/good. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has 1/2" chips top of spine edges, tears with peeling on black background, price is not clipped.
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Saint And The Devil, The: Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais (A Biographical Study in Good and Evil)
by Frances Winwar
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Private Library Plate FPD, Slight Toning, rough cut, else contents appear as unread, unopened & unblemished in fine green cloth covered board and DJ displaying moderate surface/edge wear, as shown, with chipping at head & heel of spine.A biographical study of Joan of Arc and of Gilles de Rais both of whom were burned at the stake, but for quite different reasons. This is the world of 15th cent France, of the Hundred Years War, Charles VI of France; the brawling bravery of the Gascon Captain La Hire; of the saintly Saviour of her country Joan the Maid; of her noble supporter, Gilles de Rais, heroic Marshal of France, yet Devil-worshipper and murderer.
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Subtitled ""A Bibliographical Study in Good and Evil"" -- this is a linking of two figures of the 15th century -- Joan of Aro and Gilles de Rais. The greater part of the book follows in meticulous detail the dramatic story of the Maid. To most readers familiar with her life, there is still fascination in tracing… Read More
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