Blood Red, Sister Rose

Thomas Keneally

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The story of Joan of Arc has always held a special fascination for writers - among them Voltaire, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw and Jean Anouilh. Here Thomas Keneally transforms the legend, presenting a Joan who is at once a tough radical, an instinctive soldier, a nagging prophet and a touchingly vulnerable girl - a haunting and compelling heroine framed by the tumultuous times in which she lived.

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Praise for Blood Red, Sister Rose

  • A St Joan book to remember...the familiar tragedy flames up with new and terrible effects in the retelling - The Sunday TimesA vivid recreation of Joan's age, so full of hypocrisy, vengeance, blood, treachery and madness - once that is eminently worth reading - Financial TimesA fictionally and spiritually satisfying Joan - Guardian

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Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published more than thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.

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