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Tom Holland mentioned reading this book at a very impressionable age, describing it as brilliant. He quoted Warner's observation about Joan being unique - not a queen, courtesan, beauty, mother, or artist, but a female teenage peasant girl whose words were recorded.

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This 1919 work by the great Dutch historian was discussed as a study of 15th century Burgundy and Northern France. Tom noted that Huizinga pointedly omitted Joan from the book despite her importance, saying she would have 'torn the book completely out of balance.'