Helen Castor

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Tom Holland quotes Helen Castor's book on Joan regarding the fall of Troyes, noting that 'after four days of fear and deepening uncertainty, the sight of these preparations for an assault led by the miraculous maid finally shattered the town's resistance.'

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Dominic quoted Helen Castor, described as 'friend of the show, author of a wonderful book on Joan of Arc,' regarding how Joan differed from other female visionaries who typically appeared under the care of a spiritual advisor.

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Tom quotes Helen Castor's 'brilliant short biography of Elizabeth' regarding Elizabeth's speech outside the Tower of London, describing it as 'rhetoric and reality fused into a performance that was at once immediately legible and utterly unreadable.'

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Described as 'a brilliant paired biography of Richard II and Henry IV that is coming out next month.' The speaker mentions having had a chance to read it and calls it 'unmissable.'