



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.

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