Produced by Dagny; and John Bickers JEANNE D'ARC, HER LIFE AND DEATH by Mrs. Oliphant Author of "Makers of Florence," "Makers of Venice," etc. TO COUSIN ANNIE (MRS. HARRY COGHILL) THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED IN LOVE OF OUR COMMON HEROINE AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF LONG AND FAITHFUL AFFECTION AND FRIENDSHIP PREPARER'S NOTE The original book for this text was published as a volume in a series "Heroes of the Nations," edited by Evelyn Abbot, M.H., Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons _The Knickerbocker Press_ in 1896. The title material includes the note: FACTA DUCIS VIVENT, OPEROSAQUE GLORIA RERUM--OVID, IN LIVIAM, 265. THE HERO'S DEEDS AND HARD-WON FAME SHALL LIVE. CONTENTS: CHAPTER I — FRANCE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. 1412-1423. CHAPTER II — DOMREMY AND VAUCOULEURS. 1424-1429. CHAPTER III — BEFORE THE KING. FEB.-APRIL, 1429. CHAPTER IV — THE RELIEF OF ORLEANS. MAY 1-8, 1429. CHAPTER V — THE CAMPAIGN OF THE LOIRE. JUNE, JULY, 1429. CHAPTER VI — THE CORONATION. JULY 17, 1429. CHAPTER VII — THE SECOND PERIOD. 1429-1430. CHAPTER VIII — DEFEAT AND DISCOURAGEMENT. AUTUMN, 1429. CHAPTER IX — COMPIÈGNE. 1430. CHAPTER X — THE CAPTIVE. MAY, 1430-JAN., 1431. CHAPTER XI — THE JUDGES. 1431. CHAPTER XII — BEFORE THE TRIAL. LENT, 1431. CHAPTER XIII — THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION. FEBRUARY, 1431. CHAPTER XIV —THE EXAMINATION IN PRISON. LENT, 1431. CHAPTER XV — RE-EXAMINATION. MARCH-MAY, 1431. CHAPTER XVI — THE ABJURATION. MAY 24, 1431. CHAPTER XVIII — THE SACRIFICE. MAY 31, 1431. CHAPTER XVIII — AFTER. JEANNE D'ARC CHAPTER I -- FRANCE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. 1412-1423.