Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
by Mark Twain
“A peasant girl's divine mission meets a master storyteller's greatest tribute.”
Mark Twain sets aside his trademark satire to deliver a deeply sincere and epic retelling of history's most extraordinary heroine. Narrated by a childhood friend, this atmospheric narrative follows a peasant girl’s miraculous rise from obscurity to the head of a national army. It is a moving, powerful masterpiece that captures the human heart behind the legend of Saint Joan.
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