Horribly Famous: Joan of Arc and her Marching Orders Award-winning illustrator by Phil Robins (author) and Philip Reeve (illustrator) (UK edition)

You’ve proabably heard of Joan of Arc… She’s dead famous for leading the French army into battle, going up in smoke when she was burnt at the stake, and being an absolute saint. But have you heard that Joan was always having to prove she wasn’t a witch, loved writing cheeky letters to very important people, and made the King of France look like a complete coward? Yes, even though she’s dead, Joan’s still full of surprises. Now you can get the inside story with Joan’s secret diary, read the news that set France ablaze in The Gallic Globe, and find out exactly how a teenage girl gave an entire army it’s marching orders.

Product Details

Series

Horribly Famous

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407123912

Date published

February 7th, 2011

Other details

208 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Part of this Series

Horribly Famous

Author/Illustrator

Phil Robins

Phil Robins has a PhD in English Literature and has studied for an MA in Ancient History. He is the author of Dead Famous: Joan of Arc and Under Fire: Children of the Second World War Tell Their Stories for Scholastic and is currently a freelance writer and editor.

Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects.

Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons and jokes for around forty books, including the best-selling Scholastic series Horrible Histories, as well as Murderous Maths and Dead Famous.

He’s been writing stories since he was five, but Mortal Engines was the first to be published. Mortal Engines defies easy categorisation. It is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. A magical and unique read, it immediately caught the attention of readers and reviewers and won several major awards. Three more Hungry Cities novels followed, and Philip’s latest project are the Fever Crumb books, prequels set centuries before the events of Mortal Engines.

Philip has also written Buster Bayliss, a series for younger readers, and stand alone novels including Here Lies Arthur, which won the Carnegie Medal.

Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading.

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heart29
on 5 March 2014

Joan of Arc was a phenomenal inspiration. She was a great woman and this book really helped my understanding a lot better

5out of 5
userforbooks
on 2 December 2011

i need to read it but i dont know how to

4out of 5

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Horribly Famous: Joan of Arc and her Marching Orders Award-winning illustrator by Phil Robins (author) and Philip Reeve (illustrator) (UK edition)