Joan of Arc (Pocket Edition)

Joan of Arc is one of the most popular figures in French history. A daughter of the people, a revolutionary and a patriot, Joan was a young peasant girl who became a military leader and commanded an entire army to protect France from British rule. She was betrayed by the monarchy and the Church and condemned to the stake in 1431, but she became a symbol of faith and courage. Fascinated by her character, Mark Twain retraced the saga of this heroine based on twelve years of research based on the memoirs of Monsieur Louis de Conte, a sort of page and secretary to Joan of Arc. In the work, he moves between myth and historical fact to retell this story immortalized in the popular imagination.