Joan of Arc

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Joan of Arc, by Ronald Sutherland GowerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Joan of ArcAuthor: Ronald Sutherland GowerRelease Date: October 24, 2005 [EBook #16933]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK JOAN OF ARC ***Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Jeannie Howse and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)[Illustration: TOUR COUDRAY--CHINON.]JOAN OF ARCBYLORD RONALD GOWER, F.S.A.A TRUSTEE OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERYWITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONSSEVEN ETCHINGS AND THREE PHOTO-ETCHINGSLONDONJOHN C. NIMMO14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRANDMDCCCXCIIIDEDICATION.My mother had what the French call a _culte_ for the heroine whoselife I have attempted to write in the following pages.It was but natural that one who loved and admired all that is good andbeautiful and high-minded should have a strong feeling of admirationfor the memory of Joan of Arc. On the pedestal of the bronze statue,which my mother placed in her house at Cliveden, are inscribed thosewords which sum up the life and career of the Maid of Orleans:-- '_La grande piti ...