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Joan

Katherine J. Chen
Chapters (43)
  1. Cover
  2. Epigraph
  3. CAST OF CHARACTERS
  4. Map
  5. Part One
  6. I
  7. II
  8. III
  9. IV
  10. V
  11. VI
  12. VII
  13. Part Two
  14. I
  15. II
  16. III
  17. IV
  18. V
  19. VI
  20. VII
  21. VIII
  22. IX
  23. X
  24. Part Three
  25. I
  26. II
  27. III
  28. IV
  29. V
  30. Part Four
  31. I
  32. II
  33. III
  34. IV
  35. V
  36. VI
  37. EPILOGUE
  38. afterword
  39. Dedication
  40. acknowledgments
  41. By Katherine J. Chen
  42. about the author
  43. What’s next onyour reading list?

Cover

Cover for Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc

Epigraph

I will make a war cry that will be remembered forever. And I am writing this to you for the third and final time; I will not write anything further.

Joan of Arc (from a letter dictated to the English)

CAST OF CHARACTERS

JOAN AND HER FAMILY

Joan, a girl from the village of Domrémy in Armagnac France

Jacques d’Arc, Joan’s father

Isabelle Romée, Joan’s mother

Catherine, Joan’s elder sister

Jacquemin, Joan’s eldest brother

Jean, Joan’s second brother

Pierre, Joan’s younger brother

Durand Laxart, Joan’s uncle

Salaud, Joan’s dog

OTHERS IN THE VILLAGE OF DOMRÉMY

Hauviette, Joan’s friend

Jehanne, Hauviette’s mother

The priest

FRENCH ROYALTY

Charles VII, the Dauphin, the eldest surviving son of the French king and the dispossessed heir to the French throne

Marie of Anjou, the Dauphine, Charles VII’s wife, and Yolande of Aragon’s daughter

Yolande of Aragon, the Duchess of Anjou and Queen of Four Kingdoms, the Dauphine’s mother, and Joan’s ally

Jean de Dunois, “the Bastard of Orléans,” the illegitimate son of the former Duke of Orléans, and Joan’s friend

Charles, Duke of Lorraine, an early supporter of Joan’s

Charles VI, the Dauphin’s father and King of France until his death in October 1422

Isabeau of Bavaria, the Dauphin’s mother and much-despised Queen of France

CLERGY AND COURTIERS

Robert le Maçon, a trusted advisor to the Dauphin and Joan’s ally

Georges de La Trémoille, the Dauphin’s favorite at court and Joan’s rival

Regnault de Chartres, the Archbishop of Reims and Joan’s rival

Colet de Vienne, a royal messenger of Yolande of Aragon

SOLDIERS

Robert de Baudricourt, the captain of the garrison at Vaucouleurs and a reluctant supporter of Joan’s

Bertrand de Poulengy, a knight and Joan’s traveling companion from Vaucouleurs to Chinon

Jean de Metz, a squire and Joan’s traveling companion from Vaucouleurs to Chinon

Étienne de Vignolles, better known as La Hire, an infamous soldier and Joan’s friend

Jean d’Aulon, Joan’s squire

Raymond and Louis, Joan’s young pages

FRANCE’S ENEMIES

Henry V, King of England until his death in August 1422

Henry VI, the young son of Henry V and Catherine of Valois (the Dauphin’s elder sister) and heir to the English throne

John the Fearless, the former Duke of Burgundy, an enemy of the Dauphin’s; assassinated by the Dauphin’s men in September 1419

Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, John’s son, and England’s ally

John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England, and Burgundy’s ally

Map

Part One

The kingdom of France has been at war with England for nearly one hundred years, the result of an ancient feud steeped in land and blood.