Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

by Mark Twain

JOAN'S VISION

CONTENTS

THE FAIRY TREE, Book I - Chapter 2 - The Fairy Tree of Domremy

IN THE FOREST, Book I - Chapter 5 - Domremy Pillaged and Burned

JOAN BEFORE THE GOVERNOR,Book I - Chapter 7 - She Delivers the Divine Command

THE GOVERNOR KEEPS HIS PROMISE TO JOAN, Book II - Chapter 1 - Joan Says Good-By

THE PALADIN'S APPEARANCE IN CAMP,Book II - Chapter 3 - The Paladin Groans and Boasts

JOAN REPRIMANDS THE CONSPIRATORS, Book II - Chapter 4 - Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy

JOAN DISCOVERS THE DISGUISED KING, Book II - Chapter 6 - Joan Convinces the King

JOAN PUZZLES THE SCHOLARS, Book II - Chapter 6 - Joan Convinces the King

THE EXAMINATION OF JOAN, Book II - Chapter 7 - Our Paladin in His Glory

Book I -- IN DOMREMY

• Translator's Preface
• A Peculiarity of Joan of Arc's History
• The Sieur Louis de Conte

1. When Wolves Ran Free in Paris
2. The Fairy Tree of Domremy
3. All Aflame with Love of France
4. Joan Tames the Mad Man
5. Domremy Pillaged and Burned
6. Joan and Archangel Michael
7. She Delivers the Divine Command
8. Why the Scorners Relented

Book II -- IN COURT AND CAMP

1. Joan Says Good-By
2. The Governor Speeds Joan
3. The Paladin Groans and Boasts
4. Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy
5. We Pierce the Last Ambuscades
6. Joan Convinces the King
7. Our Paladin in His Glory
8. Joan Persuades the Inquisitors
9. She Is Made General-in-Chief
10. The Maid's Sword and Banner
11. The War March Is Begun
12. Joan Puts Heart in Her Army
13. Checked by the Folly of the Wise
14. What the English Answered
15. My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash
16. The Finding of the Dwarf
17. Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth
18. Joan's First Battle-Field
19. We Burst In Upon Ghosts
20. Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors
21. She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend
22. The Fate of France Decided
23. Joan Inspires the Tawdry King
24. Tinsel Trappings of Nobility
25. At Last--Forward!
26. The Last Doubts Scattered
27. How Joan Took Jargeau
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 Hand
24. Joan the Martyr

Conclusion