| A Book of Ghosts Contributor(s): Baring-Gould, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1515075788 ISBN-13: 9781515075783 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.79 lbs) 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: I was in Orl ans a good many years ago. At the time it was my purpose to write a life of Joan of Arc, and I considered it advisable to visit the scenes of her exploits, so as to be able to give to my narrative some local colour. But I did not find Orl ans answer to my expectations. It is a dull town, very modern in appearance, but with that measly and decrepit look which is so general in French towns. There was a Place Jeanne d'Arc, with an equestrian statue of her in the midst, flourishing a banner. There was the house that the Maid had occupied after the taking of the city, but, with the exception of the walls and rafters, it had undergone so much alteration and modernisation as to have lost its interest. |