Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Complete Edition). Mark Twain

       Chapter 28. Joan Foretells Her Doom

       Chapter 29. Fierce Talbot Reconsiders

       Chapter 30. The Red Field of Patay

       Chapter 31. France Begins to Live Again

       Chapter 32. The Joyous News Flies Fast

       Chapter 33. Joan's Five Great Deeds

       Chapter 34. The Jests of the Burgundians

       Chapter 35. The Heir of France is Crowned

       Chapter 36. Joan Hears News from Home

       Chapter 37. Again to Arms

       Chapter 38. The King Cries "Forward!"

       Chapter 39. We Win, But the King Balks

       Chapter 40. Treachery Conquers Joan

       Chapter 41. The Maid Will March No More

       Book III. Trial and Martyrdom

       Chapter 1. The Maid in Chains

       Chapter 2. Joan Sold to the English

       Chapter 3. Weaving the Net About Her

       Chapter 4. All Ready to Condemn

       Chapter 5. Fifty Experts Against a Novice

       Chapter 6. The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors

       Chapter 7. Craft That Was in Vain

       Chapter 8. Joan Tells of Her Visions

       Chapter 9. Her Sure Deliverance Foretold

       Chapter 10. The Inquisitors at Their Wits' End

       Chapter 11. The Court Reorganized for Assassination

       Chapter 12. Joan's Master-Stroke Diverted

       Chapter 13. The Third Trial Fails

       Chapter 14. Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies

       Chapter 15. Undaunted by Threat of Burning

       Chapter 16. Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack

       Chapter 17. Supreme in Direst Peril

       Chapter 18. Condemned Yet Unafraid

       Chapter 19. Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail

       Chapter 20. The Betrayal

       Chapter 21. Respited Only for Torture

       Chapter 22. Joan Gives the Fatal Answer

       Chapter 23. The Time Is at Hand

       Chapter 24. Joan the Martyr

       Conclusion

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      Consider this unique and imposing distinction. Since the writing of human history began, Joan of Arc is the only person, of either sex, who has ever held supreme command of the military forces of a nation at the age of seventeen

      LOUIS KOSSUTH.

      Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

      By The Sieur Louis De Conte

      (her page and secretary)

      In Two Volumes

      Volume 1.

      Freely translated out of the ancient French into modern English from the original unpublished manuscript in the National Archives of France

      By Jean Francois Alden

      Authorities examined in verification of the truthfulness of this narrative:

      J. E. J. QUICHERAT, Condamnation et Rehabilitation de Jeanne d’Arc.

      J. FABRE, Proces de Condamnation de Jeanne d’Arc.

      H. A. WALLON, Jeanne d’Arc.

      M. SEPET, Jeanne d’Arc.

      J. MICHELET, Jeanne d’Arc.

      BERRIAT DE SAINT-PRIX, La Famille de Jeanne d’Arc.

      La Comtesse A. DE CHABANNES, La Vierge Lorraine.

      Monseigneur RICARD, Jeanne d’Arc la Venerable.

      Lord RONALD GOWER, F.S.A., Joan of Arc. JOHN O’HAGAN, Joan of Arc.

      JANET TUCKEY, Joan of Arc the Maid.

      Translator’s Preface

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      To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned