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An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc, by Pamela Marcantel (St. Martin’s, 578 pp., $24.95)

IT IS only fair to warn you that this review will violate the standards of objectivity, detachment, and ironic distance demanded by literary criticism. I’ve reviewed many books that I’ve liked and some that I’ve loved, but this time I have a masterpiece on my hands and I’m still reeling from it.

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An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc, by Pamela Marcantel (St. Martin’s, 578 pp., $24.95)

IT IS only fair to warn you that this review will violate the standards of objectivity, detachment, and ironic distance demanded by literary criticism. I’ve reviewed many books that I’ve liked and some that I’ve loved, but this time I have a masterpiece on my hands and I’m still reeling from it.