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Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He spent twelve years in research and many months in France doing archival work and then made several... Read Full Overview

Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain's work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan's page and secretary -- Sieur Louis de Cont?. (Twain's alter ego even shared the author's same initials -- S. L. C.) Told from the viewpoint... Read Full Overview

This annotated edition of " Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc " includes: Plot Summary Characters Analysis Historical Context Biography Step into the tumultuous world of medieval France with "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" by Mark Twain. In this captivating historical... Read Full Overview

This annotated edition of " Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc " includes: Plot Summary Characters Analysis Historical Context Biography Step into the tumultuous world of medieval France with "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" by Mark Twain. In this captivating historical... Read Full Overview

Large size 8.5"x11" edition (21.59 x 27.94 cm) print on cream paper with large (16-point) type and two column format . This unabridged edition contains all three books of the original edition. Mark Twain is better known for his bad boy stories Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn... Read Full Overview

8.5" x 11" edition (21.59 x 27.94 cm) with small type (9-point) and three column format on cream paper . This unabridged edition contains all three books of the original edition. Mark Twain is better known for his bad boy stories Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn . Joan of Arc... Read Full Overview

Step into Mark Twain's most meticulously researched masterpiece, a historical novel that took him 12 years to complete. This remarkable work transcends traditional biographical narratives by presenting Joan of Arc's extraordinary journey through the eyes of a fictional companion,... Read Full Overview

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain that recounts the life of Joan of Arc. It is Twain's last completed novel, published when he was 61 years old. The novel is presented as a translation (by "Jean Francois Alden")... Read Full Overview

This annotated edition of "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc " includes: Plot Summary Historical Context Author's Biography "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc " is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. The novel is presented as a translation of memoirs by Sieur Louis de Conte,... Read Full Overview

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author andhumorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter... Read Full Overview

Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte who is identified further as Joan's page and secretary. The work is fictionally presented as a translation from the manuscript by Jean Francois Alden, or, in... Read Full Overview

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain which recounts the life of Joan of Arc. It is Twain's last completed novel, published when he was 61 years old.The novel is presented as a translation by "Jean Francois Alden" of... Read Full Overview