PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC; By the Sieur, Louis de conte (her page and secretary)
by TWAIN, Mark (pseud of Samuel L. Clemens]
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- first
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- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper, 1926. First Edition. G. B. Cutts. 8vo, pp. 596. Illustrated. Cover little worn at edges, o/w a nice copy. A retelling of the story of the Maid of Orleans.
Synopsis
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in the words of the published book, "Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France".
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23466
- Title
- PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC; By the Sieur, Louis de conte (her page and secretary)
- Author
- TWAIN, Mark (pseud of Samuel L. Clemens]
- Illustrator
- G. B. Cutts
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1926
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