Joan of Arc
With this essay, the Atlantic resumes the series of biographical papers each of which will seek to identify and probe that moment of supreme crisis, that turning point, of a person who made history. British essayist and biographer, D. B. WYNDHLAM LEWIS lived in Paris for many years between the wars, and from this vantage point has written serious works on Louis XI, Charles V, and François Villon, From the tapestry of Loan’s past he has selected the particular strands that give life and belief to her career.