Joan Hunter Dunn beauty, he fell in love, and composed a 44-line poem fantasising about them being engaged and playing tennis together in Aldershot: The poem was published in Cyril Connolly's "Horizon" magazine in February 1941. Betjeman invited her to lunch, and presented her with a copy of the magazine containing the poem, begging her forgiveness. In an interview in "The Sunday Times" magazine in 1965, illustrated with photographs by Lord Snowdon, she said: "It was such a marvellous break from the monotony of the war. It really was remarkable the way he imagined it all. Actually, all that about the subaltern, and
The Tale of Joan of Arc The Tale of Joan of Arc "The Tale of Joan of Arc" is a patriotic lyrical verse, and the last work of the Medieval feminist Christine de Pizan who lived from 1364 to about 1430 AD. Earlier in her career Pizan wrote many texts including"The Book of the City of Ladies" which included tales about infamous woman in history. In her last work "The Tale of Joan of Arc" Pizan writes 61 versus about Joan of Arc, who led the French army to reclaim territory being held by the English. It was written before Joan lost in battle and was