Cultural Studies. Translation. Using only material compiled from the transcripts and testimonies of Joan of Arc's condemnation trials, translator William Trask has arranged her exact words into a unique autobiography called JOAN OF ARC: IN HER OWN WORDS. Stripped of the usual interpretive gloss, Joan's words resonate with a glow which has made her an enduring political, military and spiritual heroine. "She has inspired artists from Mark Twain to Martha Graham, from George Bernard Shaw to Verdi, From Schiller to Cecil B. DeMille, but the stark, historical facts of her life are more remarkable than any fiction" -Donna Tartt.