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You've probably heard of Joan of Arc. You may even have a picture in your head, a young, beautiful woman with cropped hair and a suit of

armour. She's the young peasant girl who led an army into battle, who heard voices, whose fate

would be sealed in flames at just 19 years old, right? Or is she Joan the saint, revered as a symbol of divine purity, courage, and

unwavering faith? Over the centuries, Joan has become many things to many people. For some,

she's a fearless warrior, a symbol of defiance against the odds. For others,

she's a martyr, a beacon of sacrifice, a young woman whose life was extinguished too soon.

She's been reimagined, reshaped and reinvented across time, and therein lies the problem. Audiences watched her,

strutting across the 18th century operatic stage, and she's been portrayed in at least 45 films.

For the Victorians, she was cloaked in a veil of modesty and virtue, a symbol of womanly purity and national pride.

In the 20th century, she became a rebel, evoked on the catwalk by no less than Dior, Valenciaaga, Versace and Alexander McQueen,

and embodied by everyone from Kate Bush to more recently Chapel Rowan, a symbol of female power,

even gender-defying, cross-dressing resistance. But beneath all these interpretations,

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