Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by  Mark Twain (as The Sieur Louis de Conte)


Table of Contents

Front Matter


When Wolves Ran Free in Paris
The Faëry Tree of Domremy
All Aflame with Love of France
Joan Tames the Mad Men
Domremy Pillaged and Burned
Joan and Archangel Michael
She Delivers the Divine Command
Why the Scorners Relented
Joan Says Good-By
The Governor Speeds Joan
The Paladin Groans and Boasts
Joan Leads Us through the Enemy
We Pierce the Last Ambuscades
Joan Convinces the King
Our Paladin in His Glory
Joan Persuades Her Inquisitors
She Is Made General-in-Chief
The Maid's Sword and Banner
The War March Is Begun
Joan Puts Her Heart in Her Army
Checked by the Folly of the Wise
What the English Answered
My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash
The Finding of the Dwarf
Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth
Joan's First Battle-Field
We Burst in upon Ghosts
Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors
She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend
The Fate of France Decided
Joan Inspires the Tawdry King
Tinsel Trappings of Nobility
At Last—Forward!
The Last Doubts Scattered
How Joan Took Jargeau
Joan Foretells Her Doom
Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
The Red Field of Patay
France Begins to Live Again
The Joyous News Flies Fast
Joan's Five Great Deeds
The Jests of the Burgundians
The Heir of France is Crowned
Joan Hears from Home
Again to Arms
The King Cries "Forward!"
We Win, But the King Balks
Treachery Conquers Joan
The Maid Will March No More
The Maid in Chains
Joan Sold to the English
Weaving the Net about Her
All Ready to Condemn
Fifty Experts Against a Novice
The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors
Craft That Was in Vain
Joan Tells of Her Visions
Her Sure Deliverance Foretold
The Inquisitors at Their Wits' End
The Court Reorganized for Assassination
Joan's Master-Stroke Diverted
The Third Trial Fails
Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies
Undaunted by Threat of Burning
Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack
Supreme in Direst Peril
Condemned Yet Unafraid
Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail
The Betrayal
Respited Only for Torture
Joan Gives the Fatal Answer
The Time Is at Hand
Joan the Martyr
Conclusion

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