Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-210) and index.
The Great War in the European imagination -- Miracle or "miracle"? -- Carnal vision and saintly ambition -- Spiritual patronage and a mission to save France -- Silent eruptions : Claire and her public -- In the footsteps of Joan -- A kind of apotheosis : Claire goes to Paris -- The Sacred Heart and the Union Sacrée : Claire's story goes public-- Consecration by proxy -- The unraveling -- The unmaking of a saint -- Prologue as epilogue : the story of Jonas