Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc: And Other Tributes to the Maid of Orléans - Hardcover

Twain, Mark; Israel Harper, Michele

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1680573853 ISBN 13: 9781680573855

Publisher: Wordfire Press, 2022

Synopsis

She saved France when she was fourteen...

She was burned at the stake for her efforts...

Meet the girl who captured Mark Twain's heart.

A forgotten masterpiece from one of America's greatest authors-and the last full-length novel he ever wrote-Joan of Arc follows the Savior of France from her childhood in Domrémy, to her campaigns throughout the French countryside, to her demise at the hands of the English and Burgundians.

Mark Twain was sarcastic, witty, and oft-irreverent, but he had a soft spot for the Maid of Orléans. (As will you after you read this book!) He spent twelve years in research, two in writing, including multiple visits to the National Archives in Paris, and proclaimed Joan of Arc the "best of all my books!"

If you love well-written classics of stunning historical figures, then this is the book for you.

About this title

About the Authors

Mark Twain, beloved author, entrepreneur, and speaker, viewed Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc as the pinnacle of his writing career. In fact, he said of this book, the final full-length novel he wrote: "I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well."Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), which he adopted from his time as a riverboat pilot along the Mississippi River. He was wildly successful over the course of his writing career, even starting his own publishing company for a short while as one of his many entrepreneurial endeavors. He was also close personal friends with Nikola Tesla and invented "sticky paste" in Tesla's lab, a dry film on paper that became sticky when moistened.Oft-irreverent Twain had a deep reverence for St. Joan of Arc, as evidenced within the pages of this book: "It took six thousand years to produce her; her like will not be seen in the earth again in fifty thousand." Perhaps one of St. Joan of Arc's enduring miracles was that she was able to melt the heart of this witty, prickly, and most critical of authors.

Four-time Excellence in Editing award winner and novelist Michele Israel Harper could not be happier to oversee this project under Western Colorado University's master's program in publishing. Long obsessed with all things French, fairy tale, and Jeanne d'Arc, Harper is just as infatuated with St. Joan of Arc's life as Mark Twain was.Harper has a BA in history and is pursuing an MA in publishing, has written more than twenty novels (nine of which are published), and is the acquisitions editor for L2L2 Publishing. Although she would love nothing more than to hide away and write for the rest of her life, she can't wait to see what the next chapter in her life holds and is ready to take the publishing world by storm. Please visit micheleisraelharper.com to learn more about her.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordfire Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1680573853
• ISBN 13: 9781680573855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 492