ShortHand: Joan of Arc
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ShortHand: Joan of Arc

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 8, 202630 min
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Jeanne D’Arc – the teenage girl guided by saintly voices to command actual French armies into actual military victories – is one of history’s best-known names. Not bad for a 13-year-old. But that's not all. This week, we take a speedy look through the bloody, Game-of-Thrones-topping madness that is the Hundred Years’ War, meet a mad king that’s convinced he’s made of glass, and find out how one girl changed the entire course of world history.

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We are going to the palace of the Hello, or should I say, salut bonjour. Hui, hui, hui. Welcome to Short Hand, where we are covering another historical figure that probably you

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know the name of, know a bit about to be honest and quite understandably have concerns that she might not have been that well. Yes, I think definitely. Top of mind for me. Sariti Bala, what were you doing at 13 years old?

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Going to Disneyland again, making a Marxist autograph. And if you haven't seen the live show, you miss the pictures. I was very wholesome child, I don't know. What were you doing at 13? What year is that?

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