Let me ask you both, before we dive into the conversation, were you surprised to learn that Mark Twain had written this historical biography. In his voice and writing 60 years after the fact Sieur Louis De Conte recalls the life of Joan of Arc from her early visions to her final betrayal through stories of childhood pleasures, great battles, and ecclesiastical inquisitions Sieur Louis De Conte and Mark Twain offer a panoramic historical novel worth reading and a heroine worth remembering. Katie, Peter hello.įrank: Before we get started on our conversation about the Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc let me read a quick introduction, written by Mark Twain and originally serialized in Harper's Magazine, The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc is a fictional biography of Joan of Arc, though it purports to be a memoir written by her paige secretary and lifelong friend Sieur Louis De Conte. So if you love hearing a good story you're in the right place.įrank: Today I'm going to have a conversation about the novel The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain and I'll be joined in conversation by our Novel Conversations readers Katie Smith and Peter Toomey. We'll introduce you to the characters and tell you what happens to them. Each episode of Novel Conversations, I talk to two readers about one novel and together we summarize the story for you.

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