L'Homme de l'année #2

Set in 1431, this entry in Delcourt's L'Homme de l'année series zeroes in on one of history's most haunting moments — the betrayal of Jeanne d'Arc, as the subtitle "L'homme qui trahit Jeanne d'Arc" makes plain. The cover, rendered by Fred Blanchard and Manchu, pulls you into a torchlit medieval town square where a cloaked, solitary figure stands with their back to us, crowds gathered around a distant pyre already sending flames and smoke into the darkened sky. Corbeyran and Horne bring this fraught chapter of French history to the page with real atmosphere and moral weight.