Book One begins with the birth of de Conte on January 6, 1410 in Neufch teau, France and his parents' subsequent move to Paris. He relates his early childhood as chaotic with the city tormented by mobs, criminals, and other instabilities. In 1415, following the death of his family by a Burgundian raiding party, de Conte is sent to a small, rural, rudimentary village named Domr my to live with the parish priest. Here, he meets young Joan d'Arc, an...