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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2), by Anatole France This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) Author: Anatole France Translator: Winifred Stephens Release Date: October 7, 2006 [EBook #19488] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC BY ANATOLE FRANCE A TRANSLATION BY WINIFRED STEPHENS IN TWO VOLS., VOL. I [Illustration] LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY: MCMIX _Copyright in U.S.A., 1908, by_ MANZI, JOYANT ET CIE _Copyright in U.S.A., 1908, by_ JOHN LANE COMPANY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. [Illustration: Joan of Arc] PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION Scholars have been good enough to notice this book; and the majority have treated it very kindly, doubtless because they have perceived that the author has observed all the established rules of historical research and accuracy. Their kindness has touched me. I am especially grateful to MM. Gabriel Monod, Solomon Reinach and Germain Lefevre-Pontalis, who have discovered in this work certain errors, which will not be found in the present edition. My English critics have a special claim to my gratitude. To the memory of Joan of Arc they consecrate a pious zeal which is almost an expiatory worship. Mr. Andrew Lang's praiseworthy scruples with regard to my references have caused me to correct some and to add several. The hagiographers alone are openly hostile. They reproach me, not with my manner of explaining the facts, but with having explained them at all. And the more my explanations are clear, natural, rational and derived from the most authoritative sources, the more these explanations displease them. They would wish the history of Joan of Arc to remain mysterious and entirely supernatural. I have restored the Maid to life and to humanity. That is my crime. And these zealous inquisitors, so intent on condemning my work, have failed to d
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