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== Historical sources ==
=== Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain ===
Few people know that Twain wrote about Joan of Arc. There is a story that as a child he encountered a stray page with the story of her trial, and the young Samuel Clemens took great offense on her behalf at her interrogators. Whether true or not, he was fascinated by her story. He explained, <blockquote>I like ''Joan of Arc'' best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. 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. The others needed no preparation and got none.<ref>[[wikipedia:Personal_Recollections_of_Joan_of_Arc#Writing_process|Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - Wikipedia]]  No source is given for the quotation, but it is undoubtedly Twain's words.</ref> </blockquote>Modern academics who study Twain consider it unworthy of his canon.<ref>See [[wikipedia:Personal_Recollections_of_Joan_of_Arc#20th-century_critics|Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - Wikipedia]]</ref> They admit, grudgingly, that he thought it was his greatest work.


== Jeanne D'Arc (1895) by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel ==
== Jeanne D'Arc (1895) by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel ==

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Saint Joan of Arc called herself, Jeanne la Pucelle, meaning "Jean the Maid." Also known as "Joan of Orleans," for her miraculous intervention in the One Hundred Years War, the turning point of which was the "Siege of Orleans," ended by Joan's brilliant military command.

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Portion of the frieze, "The Life of Joan of Arc," at the Panthéon, Paris.


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Historical sources

Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain

Few people know that Twain wrote about Joan of Arc. There is a story that as a child he encountered a stray page with the story of her trial, and the young Samuel Clemens took great offense on her behalf at her interrogators. Whether true or not, he was fascinated by her story. He explained,

I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. 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. The others needed no preparation and got none.[1]

Modern academics who study Twain consider it unworthy of his canon.[2] They admit, grudgingly, that he thought it was his greatest work.

Jeanne D'Arc (1895) by Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel

In 1896, Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel illustrated a children's book of the life of Joan of Arc. Through the early 1900s, he expanded several of the images into full paintings, a collection of which are held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, per here:

  1. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - Wikipedia No source is given for the quotation, but it is undoubtedly Twain's words.
  2. See Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc - Wikipedia