![]() ![]() ![]() The others needed no preparation and got none.” And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. “ I like Joan of Arc best of all my books and it is the best I know it perfectly well. This is a book that will both inform and inspire you. The fact that Mark Twain wrote this book in the manner that he did is a tremendous testament to the allure of the Catholic Church's saints. Instead, one gets a stunningly realistic chronicle of Joan of Arc's life and mission delivered by one of this country's best storytellers. Given Mark Twain's disdain for institutional religion, one could expect an anti-Catholic prejudice toward Joan or, at the very least, the bishops and theologians who condemned her. He only came to his conclusion regarding Joan's unique role in history after thoroughly researching chronicles recorded by both sides, the French and the English. ![]() He spent twelve years researching and several months in France performing archival work before making multiple attempts to present the story he intended to tell. Fewer people are aware that he regarded it not only his most significant work, but also his best. Few people are aware that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a significant work about Joan of Arc. ![]()
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