I was blown away when I first read, ‘The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc’ by Mark Twain, which he considered his best work of fiction. It was based on the facts of Joan’s life, much of which exists in the record of her trial.
Twain spent seven years doing research and made several trips to France before he ever began writing. He greatly admired the ‘Maid of Orleans’, and you can feel it in every page.
It is a fascinating, swashbuckling read, and I am amazed more people aren’t aware of it. Why anyone would feel the need to “play” with her life in this way is beyond me. Well, actually it is not. It is the means to an a-’woke’ end, using St. Joan as a vehicle.
You can read ‘The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc’ online for free at Project Gutenberg and at other online libraries. Here is the Gutenberg link to the book. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2874/2874-h/2874-h.htm