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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Mark Twain

NovelsBiography and memoirabout 16 h 15 min of listening

A fictional biography of Joan of Arc from her early teenage years to her martyrdom.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Epigraph
  3. Bibliography
  4. Translator’s Preface
  5. A Peculiarity of Joan of Arc’s History
  6. The Sieur Louis de Conte to His Great-Great-Grand Nephews and Nieces
  7. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
  8. Book I: In Domremy
  9. I: When Wolves Ran Free in Paris
  10. II: The Fairy Tree of Domremy
  11. III: All Aflame with Love of France
  12. IV: Joan Tames the Mad Man
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  1. V: Domremy Pillaged and Burned
  2. VI: Joan and Archangel Michael
  3. VII: She Delivers the Divine Command
  4. VIII: Why the Scorners Relented
  5. Book II: In Court and Camp
  6. I: Joan Says Goodbye
  7. II: The Governor Speeds Joan
  8. III: The Paladin Groans and Boasts
  9. IV: Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy
  10. V: We Pierce the Last Ambuscades
  11. VI: Joan Convinces the King
  12. VII: Our Paladin in His Glory
  13. VIII: Joan Persuades Her Inquisitors
  14. IX: She Is Made General-in-Chief
  15. X: The Maid’s Sword and Banner
  16. XI: The War March Is Begun
  17. XII: Joan Puts Heart in Her Army
  18. XIII: Checked by the Folly of the Wise
  19. XIV: What the English Answered
  20. XV: My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash
  21. XVI: The Finding of the Dwarf
  22. XVII: Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth
  23. XVIII: Joan’s First Battlefield
  24. XIX: We Burst in Upon Ghosts
  25. XX: Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors
  26. XXI: She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend
  27. XXII: The Fate of France Decided
  28. XXIII: Joan Inspires the Tawdry King
  29. XXIV: Tinsel Trappings of Nobility
  30. XXV: At Last—Forward!
  31. XXVI: The Last Doubts Scattered
  32. XXVII: How Joan Took Jargeau
  33. XXVIII: Joan Foretells Her Doom
  34. XXIX: Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
  35. XXX: The Red Field of Patay
  36. XXXI: France Begins to Live Again
  37. XXXII: The Joyous News Flies Fast
  38. XXXIII: Joan’s Five Great Deeds
  39. XXXIV: The Jests of the Burgundians
  40. XXXV: The Heir of France Is Crowned
  41. XXXVI: Joan Hears News from Home
  42. XXXVII: Again to Arms
  43. XXXVIII: The King Cries “Forward!”
  44. XXXIX: We Win, but the King Balks
  45. XL: Treachery Conquers Joan
  46. XLI: The Maid Will March No More
  47. Book III: Trial and Martyrdom
  48. I: The Maid in Chains
  49. II: Joan Sold to the English
  50. III: Weaving the Net About Her
  51. IV: All Ready to Condemn
  52. V: Fifty Experts Against a Novice
  53. VI: The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors
  54. VII: Craft That Was in Vain
  55. VIII: Joan Tells of Her Visions
  56. IX: Her Sure Deliverance Foretold
  57. X: The Inquisitors at Their Wits’ End
  58. XI: The Court Reorganized for Assassination
  59. XII: Joan’s Masterstroke Diverted
  60. XIII: The Third Trial Fails
  61. XIV: Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies
  62. XV: Undaunted by Threat of Burning
  63. XVI: Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack
  64. XVII: Supreme in Direst Peril
  65. XVIII: Condemned Yet Unafraid
  66. XIX: Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail
  67. XX: The Betrayal
  68. XXI: Respited Only for Torture
  69. XXII: Joan Gives the Fatal Answer
  70. XXIII: The Time Is at Hand
  71. XXIV: Joan the Martyr
  72. Conclusion
  73. Endnotes
  74. Colophon
  75. Uncopyright

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