The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (The Complete Novels of Mark Twain)
by Mark Twain
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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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in the words of the published book, "Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France".
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- Title
- The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (The Complete Novels of Mark Twain)
- Author
- Mark Twain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
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