The Survival of St. Joan
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The Survival of St. Joan is a rock opera by Smoke Rise from an original concept and libretto by Off-Broadway playwright and screenwriter James Lineberger.
Poster for the 1971 Anderson Theatre production art by David Edward Byrd
Joan of Arc
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Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundre
The Survival of St. Joan
…was possibly inspired by Operation Shepherdess: The Mystery of Joan of Arc by André Guérin and Jack Palmer White, a revisionist history alleging that Joan of Arc escaped execution and later married a nobleman named Robert des Armoises. An idea rejected by historians, the notion of a legendary Joan who lived on…
Speculative portrait, c. late 19th-century, in the style of a 15th-century miniature
Charles VII of France by Jean Fouquet (c. 1444, Louvre, Paris)
Coronation of Charles VII in Guillaume de Nangis' Chronicon abbreviatum regum Francorum; Joan of Arc stands holding a banner of France to his left. Unknown author (15th century).
![Miniature depicting Jeanne d'Arc from The Lives of Famous Women, by Jean Pichore [fr] (1506, Musée Dobrée, Nantes, France)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Jeanne_d%27Arc_-_Les_vies_des_femmes_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bres.jpg/500px-Jeanne_d%27Arc_-_Les_vies_des_femmes_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bres.jpg)
Miniature depicting Jeanne d'Arc from The Lives of Famous Women, by Jean Pichore [fr] (1506, Musée Dobrée, Nantes, France)