Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Paperback by Twain, Mark; MyBook, Bran...
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Paperback by Twain, Mark; MyBook, Bran.... Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Paperback by Twain, Mark; MyBook, ISBN 1547068191, ISBN-13 9781547068197, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The novel is presented as a translation (by "Jean Francois Alden") of memoirs by Louis de Conte, a fictionalized version of Joan of Arc's page, Louis de Contes. The novel is divided into 3 sections according to Joan of Arc's development: a youth in Domrémy, a commander of the army of Charles VII of France, and a defendant at trial in , the novel was published as a serialization in Harper's Magazine beginning in April 1895. Twain, aware of his reputation as a comic, asked that each installment appear anonymously so that readers would treat the piece seriously. Regardless, his authorship soon became known, and th edition published by Harper and Brothers in May 1896 credited Mark Twain.
