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Hello and welcome to the third in our series on Joan of Arc.

We left Joan, desperate to complete her crusade to expel the English

from France once and for all. The shine of her victory at Orleans has lost some of its luster

following the failure to capture Paris. But she is still the focal point of opposition to the English.

She's survived a difficult winter and by the spring of 1430, is preparing to resume the fight.

And so are the English.

They've sent a vast army to France.

They too want this settled, and they want the mage dealt with once and for all.

A good idea. once and for all. From Wondery and Gollhanger, I'm Peter Frank O'Hopern.

I'm F. Wahirsch.

And this is Legacy, the show that tells the lives of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived,

and asks if they have the reputation that they deserve.

This is Joan of Art, episode three.

Trial by Fire.

So we're in the spring of 1430 and France is going back to war.

The truce between the English and their Burgundian allies and the forces of Charles

the 7th and Joan ends on Easterday.

Joan is chomping at the bit to get back into action.

Ever since she'd led the French army at

Orleans a year earlier, she's been a woman in a hurry. She's now 18. She's the most famous

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