Joan of Arc for our time; The sainted heroine and her faith.(BOOKS)(ON BOOKS)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: March 4, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Carol Herman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Donald Spoto has written bestselling biographies of such luminaries as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Alfred Hitchcock, Marilyn Monroe, Tennessee Williams and Ingrid Bergman. But all is not glitz and silver screen for Mr. Spoto, whose "The Hidden Jesus: A New Life," published in 1999, earned kudos for its discourse on faith for the new millennium.

Mr. Spoto has a Ph.D. in theology and for many years was a theology professor. His grounding in matters of faith on the one hand, and his attraction to more temporal subjects on the other, ...

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