![]() Although there were plenty of tourists around it seemed to swallow up noise. The site is very beautiful and very simple. ![]() When I realised where I was standing, on the site of Jehanne's execution, I knew I would write her story. As Pauline explains, the inspiration came suddenly, almost as if it was divined: 'The hotel we were booked into didn't have a restaurant and we were directed to the town square. Pauline's interest in Joan of Arc began a few years ago in the market place in Rouen, where she found herself, totally by chance, on the way home after a family holiday. The prize money Pauline received enabled her to fund a research trip to Lorraine, where she visited Joan of Arc's parents' house in Domremy, the remains of the castle at Vaucouleurs and the cathedral at Reims. In total, previous winners have gone on to win ten Booker Prizes and 26 Whitbread Awards. ![]() It is an award that, over the years, has been given to writers such as Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ted Hughes, Ian McEwan, A S Byatt, Carol Ann Duffy, and Jim Crace. In 2003 she was awarded the Arts Council England Writers' Award. Pauline Chandler was born in Nottinghamshire. ![]()
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