This is a new edition of one of the most popular biographies of Joan of Arc. Originally entitled Jeanne D"Arc: her life and death. Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant was a Scottish novelist, biographer, short story writer, translator, and critic. She was a prolific writer and is remembered for her novels that depict English and Scottish provincial life and for her creative narrative style and independent female characters. Her biography of Joan of Arc is a classic of the genre and one of the definitive versions covering the complete life and death of the famous Maid of Orleans.