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29/03/2008, 23:01 Hoddy Joined on 23/08/2004 .....Forum Moderator..... NW Leics/SE Dordogne Posts 2,080 Re: Joan of Arc - a survivor? I think it would have been great if they could have announced that Joanne " escaped with the help of English soldiers" last week. That way Sarko could have thanked the Brits for that too. Hoddy    Report

29/03/2008, 23:11 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 963 Re: Joan of Arc - a survivor? Do we French really want this great entente cordiale with perfidious Albion?    Report

29/03/2008, 23:20 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,730 Re: Joan of Arc - a survivor?  Hoddy wrote: I think it would have been great if they could have announced that Joanne " escaped with the help of English soldiers" last week. That way Sarko could have thanked the Brits for that too. Hoddy It would only be the latest example of a French leader using her for advantage - but the French have no monopoly on the misuse of historical figures. Each 'new interpretation' speaks to us not of the past but of ourselves and our contemporary preoccupations. Another Pirennism. Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

29/03/2008, 23:28 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,485 Re: Joan of Arc - a survivor? I'm sure I read something this week that said she was 'just another soldier' I think it may have been in the blurb about a book on the subject available via 'Bibleophile' Edit : Here it is http://www.bibliophilebooks.com/epages/BibliophileBooks.storefront/47eed4c30008a52e273fc361fd08065d/Product/View/55296 www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

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