About 15 or 20 years ago a major magazine which I cannot remember though it could have been National Geographic, The Smithsonian, or perhaps Harpers printed a rather indepth article about Joan of Arc with an extensive bibliography and documentation with a rather unorthodox twist. The article maintained that though Joan's immediate family were village peasants, they were distantly related to English or French royalty (old age setting in here). It further maintained that Joan was not burned at the stake, but rather locked in confinement for a fairly long life due to a rather huge ransom, and some poor peasant substitute had the "honor" of frying in her place. Since the article is but a dim memory I can neither defend nor attack its premise adequately. But now to my question -- does anyone else remember reading that article or any of a similar nature that had accompanying documentation?