Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. By the Sieur Louis de Conte (her page and secretary). Edited by Mark Twain With 12 illustrations by F.V. du Mond. LONDON : 1896.
by TWAIN, Mark, (1835-1910). (Samuel L. Clemens) Joan of Arc, Saint 1412-1431
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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in the words of the published book, "Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France".
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- Rosley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051130
- Title
- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. By the Sieur Louis de Conte (her page and secretary). Edited by Mark Twain With 12 illustrations by F.V. du Mond. LONDON : 1896.
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark, (1835-1910). (Samuel L. Clemens) Joan of Arc, Saint 1412-1431
- Illustrator
- 12 illustrations by F.V. du Mond.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Joan of Arc Saint. Sieur Louis de Conte. Twain, Mark 1835-1910. Fiction.
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