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A Monk of Fife
Andrew Lang · 1896 · Adventure, Historical
Norman Leslie, a young Scot of Fife, comes to a France half-ruined by the English wars — and finds his fortune bound up with the most extraordinary figure of the age. Told as the true chronicle of an old monk looking back, Andrew Lang's novel follows a soldier who fights beside Jeanne d'Arc, the peasant girl who claimed a mission from Heaven: from her recognition of the disguised Dauphin at Chinon, through the breaking of the siege of Orleans and the crowning at Reims, to her betrayal, capture, and martyrdom at Rouen. Around the Maid, Lang weaves a stirring tale of love, faith, feud, and a mad friar's malice. Complete and richly illustrated.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 17 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Campaign, 1429-1431 — from Fife across France to Rouen.
Chinon — the Dauphin's Court
The World of A Monk of Fife — banner, blade, and the gunner's saint.
The Characters — the cast of A Monk of Fife in 15th-century France.
Norman Leslie — The Monk of Fife.
Elliot Hume — The Painter's Daughter.
Norman and Elliot — the soldier and the painter's daughter.
Noiroufle at the Broken Bridge — the mad cordelier.
This edition
- Title
- A Monk of Fife
- Author
- Andrew Lang (1844–1912)
- First published
- 1896
- Illustrated plates
- 38 original artworks · 17 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 35 · about 104,858 words
- Reading time
- 6 h 59 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #1631
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