Research Catalog

Title

Personal recollections of Joan of Arc / by the Sieur Louis de Conte [pseud.] (her page and secretary) ; freely translated out of the ancient French into modern English from the original unpublished manuscript in the national archives of France, by Jean Francois Alden [pseud.] ... ; illustrated from drawings by F.V. Du Mond.

Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Publication

New York ; London : Harper & brothers, [c1924]

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Details

Additional Authors

• DuMond, Frank Vincent, 1865-1951,
• Jeanne d\u0027Arc Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) NNC

Description

2 v. in 1. : fronts. (ports.); 21 cm.

Summary

A fictional biography told as if written by Saint Joan\u0027s page and secretary. He relates Joan\u0027s brief life and stormy career with understanding and admiration that grew after her death.

Series Statement

• Mark Twain\u0027s work
• Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Works.

Subjects

• France
• Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431
• Christian women saints
• France > History > Charles VII, 1422-1461 > Fiction
• Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 > Fiction
• History
• Christian women saints > Fiction
• Fiction
• 1422-1461
• Biographical fiction

Genre/Form

• Biographical fiction.
• Fiction.
• History.

Note

• Author\u0027s pseudonym, Mark Twain, on cover.

Contents

Translator\u0027s preface -- A peculiarity of Joan of Arc\u0027s history -- The Sieur Louis de Conte. Book I. -- When wolves ran free in Paris -- The faëry tree of Domremy -- All aflame with love of France -- Joan tames the mad man -- Domremy pillaged and burned -- Joan and archangel Michael -- She delivers the Divine Command -- Why the scorners relented. Book II. -- 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\u0027s sword and banner -- The war march is begun -- Joan puts 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\u0027s 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\u0027s five great deeds -- The jests of the Burgundians -- The heir of France is crowned -- Joan hears news from home -- Again to arms -- The King cries "Forward!" -- We win, but the King balks -- Treachery conquers Joan -- The maid will march no more. Book III -- 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\u0027 end -- The court reorganized for assassination -- Joan\u0027s 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.

LCCN

26007726

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries