h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

English history is not kind to Saint Joan. She has been vilified as variously a schizophrenic, a woman posing as a seer to avoid the inevitable marriage/diifficult childbirths and hard life which women of her day had to accept. But here was a 19 year old girl who had the courage of her convictions, moral courage and the physical bravery & stamina to lead armies. There are theories that the Templars had her brought to Uk to be trained in horsemanship and the martial skills required but the fact remains she gave up her life at Rouen in the flames and became a Saint and a veritable legend