1456. Vingt-cinq ans après la mort de Jeanne d’Arc sur le bûcher, un procès en réhabilitation est ouvert. En véritable détective, l’inquisiteur Jean Bréhal, à la tête de la justice de l’Église de France, va reconstituer le puzzle de la courte vie de Jeanne, en partant à la recherche des témoignages de ses amis d’enfance, de ses compagnons d’armes et de ses juges.
1456. Twenty-five years after the death of Joan of Arc at the stake, a rehabilitation trial is opened. As a true detective, the inquisitor Jean Bréhal, at the head of justice of the Church of France, will reconstruct the puzzle of Jeanne's short life, by searching for the testimonies of her childhood friends, her comrades in arms and his judges. A breathtaking investigation, from Domrémy to Rouen, via Orléans and Reims, between religious intrigue and political manipulation: The Joan of Arc Affair unravels the threads of a tragic epic, and draws, behind the myth, the portrait of a young woman with an incredible destiny.
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