The Maid of Orleans: and The Great War of the English in France

With Nine Illustrations. xi, 339 pp. Tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece, & 8 other illustrations. Contents: Introduction; Early Influences - Birth, Breeding, and Youthful Years of Jeanne Darc; Development - The Heavenly Voices - Joan Receives a Mission; A Crisis - Historical Sketch of the Wars of The English in France; A Recognition - Joan at Chinon; The Siege of Orleans; Coronation of Charles VI at Rheims; At Compiegne; The Agony - Joan's Imprisonment and Trial; The Public Abjuration at Rouen; The Martyr's Crown; Death of the Duke of Bedford - Decline of the English Power in France. Appendix: Joan's Trial From the Original "Proces"; The Witnesses of the Last Scene; Justice to the Death. Rusted staples have resulted in a number of leaves in text being loose but all are present. Black eps. Bound in decorated blue cloth. Colour illustration of Joan of Arc on horseback on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine and illustration of her battle shield. Top and bottom of spine and corners rubbed. Illustrations on boards and spine still bright and vivid. Overall condition VG-.