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A Monk of Fife: Being the Chronicle Written by Norman Leslie of Pitcullo, Concerning Marvellous Deeds That Befell in the Realm of France, in the Years of Our Redemption, MCCCCXXIX-XXXI

by Andrew Lang

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical37 chapters
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About this book

A Benedictine monk entrusted with chronicling Scotland's history recounts his firsthand experiences with Jeanne d’Arc, revealing the miraculous deeds and turbulent events that shaped France’s fate during the 1430s through the eyes of a devoted witness.

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Contents

37 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFACE
03CHAPTER I—HOW THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN, AND HOW NORMAN LESLIE FLED OUT OF FIFE
04CHAPTER II—HOW NORMAN LESLIE MET NOIROUFLE THE CORDELIER, CALLED BROTHER THOMAS IN…
05CHAPTER III—WHAT BEFELL OUTSIDE OF CHINON TOWN
06CHAPTER IV—IN WHAT COMPANY NORMAN LESLIE ENTERED CHINON; AND HOW HE DEMEANED HIMSELF TO…
07CHAPTER V—OF THE FRAY ON THE DRAWBRIDGE AT CHINON CASTLE
08CHAPTER VI—HOW NORMAN LESLIE ESCAPED OUT OF CHINON CASTLE
09CHAPTER VII—CONCERNING THE WRATH OF ELLIOT, AND THE JEOPARDY OF NORMAN LESLIE
10CHAPTER VIII—OF CERTAIN QUARRELS THAT CAME ON THE HANDS OF NORMAN LESLIE
11CHAPTER IX—OF THE WINNING OF ELLIOT
12CHAPTER X—HOW NORMAN LESLIE WAS OUT OF ALL COMFORT

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