It is a mooted question which form of the name of Jeanne’s father is correct: D’Arc or Darc. It is the writer’s belief that D’Arc was the original writing, when it would follow that Jacques D’Arc would be James of the Bow or James Bowman, as he would have been called had he been an English peasant. For this reason the Maid’s surname has been given as D’Arc; though there are many who claim that Darc is the nearest the truth.
Acknowledgments are due to the following authorities into the fruit of whose labours the writer has entered: M. Jules Quicherat, “Condamnation et Réhabilitation de Jeanne d’Arc”; H. A. Wallon, “Jeanne d’Arc”; M. Siméon Luce, “Jeanne d’Arc à Domremy”; M. Anatole France, “Jeanne d’Arc”; Jules Michelet, “Jeanne d’Arc”; Monstrelet’s “Chronicles”; Andrew Lang, “The Maid of France”; Lord Ronald Gower, “Joan of Arc”; F. C. Lowell, “Joan of Arc”; Mark Twain, “Joan of Arc”; Mrs. Oliphant, “Jeanne D’Arc”; Mrs. M. R. Bangs, “Jeanne D’Arc”; Janet Tuckey, “Joan of Arc, the Maid,” and many others.
The thanks of the writer are also due to the librarians of New York City, Albany and Glens Falls who kindly aided her in obtaining books and information. Thanks are also due to the Rev. Matthew Fortier, S. J., Dean of Fordham University, New York City, for information upon a point for which search had been vainly made.
That this book may make a little niche for itself among other books upon the most marvellous girl the world has ever known, is the wish of
The Writer.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | A Children’s Festival | [11] |
| II | The Knight’s Story | [23] |
| III | The Waves of War Reach Domremy | [35] |
| IV | The Aftermath | [43] |
| V | Jeanne’s Vision | [53] |
| VI | Jeanne’s Harsh Words | [62] |
| VII | Further Visions | [71] |
| VIII | Jeanne Receives a Gift and an Announcement | [79] |
| IX | The Charge is Accepted | [90] |
| X | The First Step | [98] |
| XI | A Trying Time | [108] |
| XII | A Worsted Suitor | [119] |
| XIII | Farewell to Home | [131] |
| XIV | Victory Over Doubting Hearts | [140] |
| XV | Starting the Great Adventure | [155] |
| XVI | Jeanne Comes to Her King | [166] |
| XVII | The Impossible Happens | [181] |
| XVIII | The Warrior Maid | [196] |
| XIX | The Hour and the Girl | [214] |
| XX | Jeanne Shows Her Sign | [230] |
| XXI | A Week of Wonders | [243] |
| XXII | The Culmination | [263] |
| XXIII | The Turning of the Tide | [285] |
| XXIV | Jeanne’s Last Field | [308] |
| XXV | In Prison Cells | [332] |
| XXVI | On Trial | [346] |
| XXVII | For Her Country | [374] |
| XXVIII | At Domremy | [384] |