The Life And Death Of Jeanne Darc Called The Maid

Author : Harriet Parr
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266224242
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Death of Jeanne D'arc, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Harriet Parr and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Death of Jeanne D'arc, Vol. 2 of 2: Called the Maid The Duke of Burgundy vouchsafed no answer to these demands. The Maid was worth a king's ransom at least, and that neither the Inquisition nor the University was likely to pay. Perhaps, also, he felt indignant at the first blush Of the request, that he would give her up to be burned. He had his honour to look to. She was a person Of such high chivalry, that there was no knight in Christendom whose fame overshadowed hers. By all the ordinary courtesies Of war, she was entitled to the privileges of a prisoner of war. She had been a generous foe, if a resolute and successful foe. Neither cruelty nor treachery could be laid to her charge. Her life was pure; her brief career most glorious. To him, personally, she had ap pealed as a prince Of France, to make peace with France; and throughout his alliance with England, he had never forgotten that he was a prince Of France, and that it was an alien race he had helped to her throne. The inevitable tendency of events was now towards the restoration Of Charles. It might be soon, or it might be late, but it would come. To sacrifice the heroine who had given events this forward impetus, might put a new difficulty between himself and the king. He did nothing, therefore; and Jean Of Luxembourg, whose prisoner the Maid more immediately was, frankly refused to give up his prize, unless well paid for her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.