The Story of Joan of Arc Author:Mark Twain A beautiful and sacred thing...Mark Twain's supreme literary expression. — Mark Twain wrote, "I like Joan of Arc best of all of 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 ... more »preparation and got none."« less