Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc Volume 1 & 2 - Softcover

Twain, Mark

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9781523736713: Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc Volume 1 & 2

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ISBN 10: 1523736712 ISBN 13: 9781523736713

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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ABOUT “PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS” Few people know that Mark Twain wrote a major work on St. Joan of Arc. A work of fiction –an historical novel- it is however, the product of over twelve years of intense research; including many months in France doing archival research. Twain considered it not only his most important but also his best work. It is a genuine heroic novel in the best style possible. The story is narrated in the first person by a close friend of heroine who was able to gather eyewitnesses' accounts of incidents in which he didn't take part. It flows like a great adventure; since of course, it was an incredible adventure! And what better inspiration for a great storyteller than the most beautiful, modest and controversial French girl, General Joan of Arc, “the only person, of either sex, who has ever held supreme command of the military forces of a nation at the age of seventeen”? The novel is presented as “a translation from a manuscript” by Jean Francois Alden, or, in the words of the book, "Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France". A beautiful and inspiring story, that has become a must read for every person with great dreams!

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