Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

<p> I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well.</p><p>-Mark Twain</p><p> </p><p><em>Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by the Sieur Louis de Conte</em> (1896) was Mark Twain's last completed novel offering a portrait of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) the French heroine and a national symbol of France. At the age of seventeen she led a French army to defeat the English during the Hundred Years' War. In 1430 she was captured by a group of French nobles allied with the English and was burned at the stake by the English. In 1920 she was canonized as a Catholic Saint. </p><p><br></p><p>Although not as well-known as some of Twain's other works this jacketed hardcover replica with drawings by illustrator Frank DuMond is a beautiful piece of historical fiction.</p><p> </p>