Blood Red, Sister Rose by Thomas Keneally - ISBN: 9780340546512
Paperback
A vulnerable girl becomes a radical saint and fierce warrior.

Blood Red, Sister Rose

The vivid, unforgettable reimagining of Joan of Arc by the Booker Prize-winning author of SCHINDLER'S ARK

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 1991

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Summary

The story of Joan of Arc has always held a special fascination for writers - among them Voltaire, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw and Jean Anouilh. Here Thomas Keneally transforms the legend, presenting a Joan who is at once a tough radical, an instinctive soldier, a nagging prophet and a touchingly vulnerable girl - a haunting and compelling heroine framed by the tumultuous times in which she lived.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780340546512
ISBN-10:0340546514
Author:Thomas Keneally
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Sceptre
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Edition:2nd
Release Date:1 July 1991
Weight:320g
Dimensions:194mm x 128mm x 34mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A vivid recreation of Joan’s age, so full of hypocrisy, vengeance, blood, treachery and madness - once that is eminently worth reading

A great storyteller - The Times

A St. Joan book to remember … the familiar tragedy flames up with new and terrible effects in the retelling - The Sunday Times

A vivid recreation of Joan’s age, so full of hypocrisy, vengeance, blood, treachery and madness - one that is eminently worth reading - Financial Times

A fictionally and spiritually satisfying Joan - Guardian

To say that Mr Keneally writes like a man possessed implies an abandon and breathlessness far from his tense, sinewy prose; yet this is perhaps the only way to convey the power and immediate quality of his remarkable novel. The effect is one of excitement and absolute authority - Sunday Telegraph

About The Author

Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published more than thirty novels since. They include Schindler’s Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler’s List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.

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