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Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue, Library Edition by George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. Laurence (Editor), Imogen Stubbs (Introduction), Joley Wood (Introduction), Ayot St Lawrence Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-14-043791-6 / 0140437916 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-043791-1 / 9780140437911 Joan of Arc, born in 1412, was burned at the stake in 1431, canonized by the Catholic Church in 1920, and, like most saints, whitewashed by history. Canonization tends to strip a saint of supposedly un-Christian attributes such as rebelliousness, pride, and intolerance. And Joan, despite having bee |