Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2 by Mark TWAIN (1835 - 1910) Genre(s): Historical Fiction, War & Military Fiction, *Non-fiction Read by: John Greenman in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - 00 - Vol. I, Book I, In Domremy - Preface 00:11:30 - 01 - 01 - When Wolves Ran Free in Paris 00:18:25 - 02 - 02 - The Fairy Tree of Domremy 00:48:21 - 03 - 03 - All Aflame with Love of France 01:06:06 - 04 - 04 - Joan Tames the Mad Man 01:24:56 - 05 - 05 - Domremy Pillaged and Burned 01:42:59 - 06 - 06 - Joan and Archangel Michael 01:57:52 - 07 - 07 - She Delivers the Divine Command 02:14:13 - 08 - 08 - Why the Scorners Relented 02:18:50 - 09 - 09 - Book II-IN COURT AND CAMP - Joan Says Good-By 02:23:11 - 10 - 10 - The Governor Speeds Joan 02:37:06 - 11 - 11 - The Paladin Groans and Boasts 02:49:55 - 12 - 12 - Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy 03:06:36 - 13 - 13 - We Pierce the Last Ambuscades 03:31:24 - 14 - 14 - Joan Convinces the King 03:47:36 - 15 - 15 - Our Paladin in His Glory 04:02:47 - 16 - 16 - Joan Persuades the Inquisitors 04:20:19 - 17 - 17 - She Is Made General-in-Chief 04:27:14 - 18 - 18 - The Maid's Sword and Banner 04:37:37 - 19 - 19 - The War March Is Begun 04:45:40 - 20 - 20 - Joan Puts Heart in Her Army 04:59:01 - 21 - 21 - Checked by the Folly of the Wise 05:12:41 - 22 - 22 - What the English Answered 05:18:26 - 23 - 23 - My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash 05:37:00 - 24 - 24 - The Finding of the Dwarf 05:56:16 - 25 - 25 - Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth 06:01:18 - 26 - 26 - Joan's First Battle-Field 06:12:20 - 27 - 27 - We Burst In Upon Ghosts 06:17:54 - 28 - 28 - Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors 06:28:35 - 29 - 29 - She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend 06:39:29 - 30 - 30 - The Fate of France Decided 06:54:46 - 31 - 31 - Joan Inspires the Tawdry King 07:11:50 - 32 - 32 - Tinsel Trappings of Nobility 07:18:56 - 33 - 33 - At Last--Forward! 07:30:13 - 34 - 34 - The Last Doubts Scattered 07:38:53 - 35 - 35 - How Joan Took Jargeau 07:54:19 - 36 - 36 - Joan Foretells Her Doom 08:00:29 - 37 - 37 - Fierce Talbot Reconsiders 08:13:53 - 38 - 38 - The Red Field of Patay 08:21:32 - 39 - 39 - France Begins to Live Again 08:27:41 - 40 - 40 - The Joyous News Flies Fast 08:30:39 - 41 - 41 - Joan's Five Great Deeds 08:40:27 - 42 - 42 - The Jests of the Burgundians 08:52:11 - 43 - 43 - The Heir of France is Crowned 09:14:30 - 44 - 44 - Joan Hears News from Home 09:34:16 - 45 - 45 - Again to Arms 09:47:35 - 46 - 46 - The King Cries 'Forward!' 09:59:04 - 47 - 47 - We Win, but the King Balks Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte.' De Conte is identified as Joan's page and secretary. For those who've always wanted to 'get behind' the Joan of Arc story and to better understand just what happened, Twain's narrative makes the story personal and very accessible.The work is fictionally presented as a translation from the manuscript by Jean Francois Alden, or, in the words of the published book, 'Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France.'It was originally published as a serialization in Harper's Magazine beginning in 1895 and later published in book form in 1896. However the Harper's editors decided to cut 12 chapters that describe much of Joan's Great Trial, saying the chapters were not suitable for serialization since, 'They will not bear mutilation or interruption, but must be read as a whole, as one reads a drama.' This recording contains the complete text!De Conte is a fictionalized version of Joan of Arc's page Louis de Contes, and provides narrative unity to the story. He is presented as an individual who was with Joan during the three major phases of her life - as a youth in Domremy, as the commander of Charles' army on military campaign, and as a defendant at the trial in Rouen. The book is presented as a translation by Alden of de Conte's memoirs, written in his later years for the benefit of his descendants.Twain based his descriptions of Joan of Arc on his daughter, Susy Clemens, as he remembered her at the age of seventeen.Twain said, 'I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others needed no preparation and got none.' (Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman) More information: http://librivox.org/personal-recollections-of-joan-of-arc-by-mark-twain/

The Children Of The Abbey by Regina Maria Roche (1764 - 1845) Genre(s): Family Life, Romance Read by: jenno, John, czandra, Mooninya, CassiopeiaSparks, Davida George, Bethany Megill, Tatiana Chichilla, catherine247, SmilingJade, Alix Grace, Adrienne Prevost, hmansoor, Jim Locke, WendyKatzHiller, raghavdhandi8, Lan Kao, Paul Harvey, kaylawhy, bwhite2, Bexcspen, mlcui, MaybeCordelia, Michele Eaton, WanderingWalker, Jay Randolph, Zach Hoyt in English Cover design by Annise. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 40 - CHAPTER XXXII. Part 2 00:18:49 - 41 - CHAPTER XXXIII. 00:24:52 - 42 - CHAPTER XXXIV. 00:45:38 - 43 - CHAPTER XXXV. 01:02:36 - 44 - CHAPTER XXXVI. 01:35:58 - 45 - CHAPTER XXXVII. 01:54:34 - 46 - CHAPTER XXXVIII. Part 1 02:23:25 - 47 - CHAPTER XXXVIII. Part 2 02:49:32 - 48 - CHAPTER XXXIX. 03:04:42 - 49 - CHAPTER XL. 03:18:26 - 50 - CHAPTER XLI. Part 1 03:52:00 - 51 - CHAPTER XLI. Part 2 04:19:55 - 52 - CHAPTER XLII. 04:54:21 - 53 - CHAPTER XLIII. 05:09:13 - 54 - CHAPTER XLIV. 05:23:25 - 55 - CHAPTER XLV. 05:38:29 - 56 - CHAPTER XLVI. 06:00:52 - 57 - CHAPTER XLVII. 06:40:36 - 58 - CHAPTER XLVIII. More information: https://librivox.org/the-children-of-the-abbey-by-regina-maria-roche/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)