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Title: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Volume 2 (of 2)

Author: Mark Twain

Release Date:October, 2001 [Etext #2875]
Posting Date: May 12, 2009

Language: English

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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JOAN OF ARC, VOL. 2 ***

Produced by David Reed

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC

VOLUME 2 (of 2)

by Mark Twain

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC

by The Sieur Louis De Conte

(her page and secretary)

In Two Volumes

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original unpublished manuscript in the National Archives of France

Contents

Book II -- IN COURT AND CAMP Continued

28 Joan Foretells Her Doom
29 Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
30 The Red Field of Patay
31 France Begins to Live Again
32 The Joyous News Flies Fast
33 Joan's Five Great Deeds
34 The Jests of the Burgundians
35 The Heir of France is Crowned
36 Joan Hears News from Home
37 Again to Arms
38 The King Cries "Forward!"
39 We Win, but the King Balks
40 Treachery Conquers Joan
41 The Maid Will March No More

Book III -- TRIAL AND MARTYRDOM

1 The Maid in Chains
2 Joan Sold to the English
3 Weaving the Net About Her
4 All Ready to Condemn
5 Fifty Experts Against a Novice
6 The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors
7 Craft That Was in Vain
8 Joan Tells of Her Visions
9 Her Sure Deliverance Foretold
10 The Inquisitors at Their Wit's End
11 The Court Reorganized for Assassination
12 Joan's Master-Stroke Diverted
13 The Third Trial Fails
14 Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies
15 Undaunted by Threat of Burning
16 Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack
17 Supreme in Direst Peril
18 Condemned Yet Unafraid
19 Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail
20 The Betrayal
21 Respited Only for Torture
22 Joan Gives the Fatal Answer
23 The Time Is at Chapter
24 Joan the Martyr
Conclusion

Book II -- IN COURT AND CAMP (Continued)

28 Joan Foretells Her Doom