4.01 The Death of Joan of Arc by Michael Scott

Author:Michael Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Magic
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Published: 2010-08-24T05:00:00+00:00

Joan of Arc escaped—but that is the story you have never heard.

History records that Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, died in Rouen on that last day of May in the Year of Our Lord 1431.

A girl died that day, but it was not Joan.

Sick with pain, I watched as a girl who bore but the slightest resemblance to the Maid of Orléans was dragged out of the dungeons and hauled to the place of execution. Knights moved through the crowd, warning the people that if they spoke about what had just happened, they would be condemned as heretics and suffer the same fate.

I could not bear to stand and watch an innocent girl die. I walked away from Rouen, abandoning everything I owned, and began the long journey back to England. After that day I never fought in another war. My left arm withered and I was never able to hold a bow again.

I have often wondered what happened to the Maid of Orléans and Scathach, the red-haired, green-eyed warrior who rescued her. Where had they gone? Had Joan survived the wound I gave her? I hoped she had. And what of Scathach? Did she still live? I was guessing she did: I imagined that killing her would be almost impossible.

—from the Last Will and Testament of William of York,

This day, the 13th day of October 1481

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