The second volume of Mark Twain's singular tribute to the Maid of Orléans. Having lifted the siege of Orléans and crowned a king, Joan now walks toward her doom. Through the eyes of Louis de Conte, her devoted page, we witness the prophecy closing around her, the English closing in, and the trial that will burn her alive. Twain writes with reverent fury, capturing both Joan's unshakable conviction and the devastating innocence of a world that will murder her for it. This is not historical fiction as entertainment but as lamentation, a prose liturgy for a saint the world was not worthy of. Twain spent twelve years researching and two years writing this book, his undisputed favorite, and it shows on every aching page.
