A unique color edition of this hard-to-find 1919 classic showcasing Mark Twain's admiration of Joan of Arc. This is not the same book as Twain's longer Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc . Original, unabridged text formatted exactly as the first edition. - A cover from the 1919 first edition. SeaWolf Press does not use AI-generated images for their covers or illustrations. - More than 40 original illustrations from the 1919 edition, 5 of them full-page color illustrations. Every page contains color images or decorations. - Includes 24 bonus color paintings of Joan of Arc and related material. - Printed locally, not overseas. - Be sure to use Amazon's 'Read sample' feature to compare our edition with others. Mark Twain wrote a much longer novel about Joan of Arc, titled Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc . This book is a later publication aimed at a younger audience that provides a shorter synopsis of one of the greatest heroes in history. You can follow Joan's humble beginnings in Domrémy, the divine voices that compelled her to champion France, her inspirational leadership in lifting the siege of Orléans, and her ultimate trial and martyrdom at Rouen. Twain sets aside his trademark humor for a reverent, meticulously researched portrait of courage, faith, and patriotism, presenting Joan as a luminous, distinctly human heroine whose conviction alters the course of history. As Twain praises Joan in this book, " Taking into account, as I have suggested before, all the circumstances—her origin, youth, sex, illiteracy, early environment, and the obstructing conditions under which she exploited her high gifts and made her conquests in the field and before the courts that tried her for her life—she is easily and by far the most extraordinary person the human race has ever produced."