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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2

Mark Twain

Narrated by a fictional childhood friend and secretary to Joan, the story follows her rise from peasant girl to military commander.

"Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2" by Mark Twain is a historical novel. Narrated by a fictional childhood friend and secretary to Joan, the story follows her rise from peasant girl to military commander.

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THE TROOPS must have a rest. Two days would be allowed for this. The morning of the 14th I was writing from Joan’s dictation in a small room which she sometimes used as a private office when she wanted to get away from officials and their interruptions. Catherine Boucher came in and sat down and said:

“Indeed, I am not sorry for that, but glad. What is in your mind?”

“This. I scarcely slept last night, for thinking of the dangers you are running. The Paladin told me how you made the duke stand out of the way when the cannon-balls were flying all about, and so saved his life.”

“Right? Yes; but you stayed there yourself. Why will you do like that? It seems such a wanton risk.”

“Oh, no, it was not so. I was not in any danger.”

“How can you say that, Joan, with those deadly things flying all about you?”

Joan laughed, and tried to turn the subject, but Catherine persisted. She said:

“It was horribly dangerous, and it could not be necessary to stay in such a place. And you led an assault again. Joan, it is tempting Providence. I want you to make me a promise. I want you to promise me that you will let others lead the assaults, if there must be assaults, and that you will take better care of yourself in those dreadful battles. Will you?”

But Joan fought away from the promise and did not give it. Catherine sat troubled and discontented awhile, then she said:

“Joan, are you going to be a soldier always? These wars are so long—so long. They last forever and ever and ever.”

Contents

  1. 01Book II — in Court and Camp (Continued)
  2. 0228 Joan Foretells Her Doom
  3. 0329 Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
  4. 0430 The Red Field of Patay
  5. 0531 France Begins to Live Again
  6. 06Joan Had said true: France was on the way to be free.
  7. 0732 The Joyous News Flies Fast
  8. 0833 Joan’s Five Great Deeds
  9. 0934 The Jests of the Burgundians
  10. 1035 The Heir of France is Crowned
  11. 1136 Joan Hears News from Home
  12. 1237 Again to Arms
  13. 1338 The King Cries “Forward!”
  14. 1439 We Win, But the King Balks
  15. 1540 Treachery Conquers Joan
  16. 1641 The Maid Will March No More
  17. 17Book III Trial and Martyrdom
  18. 181 The Maid in Chains
  19. 192 Joan Sold to the English
  20. 203 Weaving the Net About Her
  21. 214 All Ready to Condemn
  22. 225 Fifty Experts Against a Novice
  23. 236 The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors
  24. 247 Craft That Was in Vain
  25. 258 Joan Tells of Her Visions
  26. 269 Her Sure Deliverance Foretold
  27. 2710 The Inquisitors at Their Wits’ End
  28. 2811 The Court Reorganized for Assassination
  29. 2912 Joan’s Master-Stroke Diverted
  30. 3013 The Third Trial Fails
  31. 3114 Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies
  32. 3215 Undaunted by Threat of Burning
  33. 3316 Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack
  34. 3417 Supreme in Direst Peril
  35. 3518 Condemned Yet Unafraid
  36. 3619 Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail
  37. 3720 The Betrayal
  38. 3821 Respited Only for Torture
  39. 3922 Joan Gives the Fatal Answer
  40. 4023 The Time Is at Hand
  41. 4124 Joan the Martyr
  42. 42Conclusion

About this edition

Author
Mark Twain
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
225 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers