You guys, I can’t tell you how much this book means to me.

This is the culmination of my master’s degree, a high-quality classic released in such a way to appeal to a modern audience.

But I have been in love with this book for most of my life.

I originally found a used copy of this book in a thrift store as a child and begged my mom to let me take it home.

It was a hard-fought and hard-won battle, but I eventually took home my beat-up little copy and devoured it.

And I became obsessed with all things Joan of Arc and French.

(Yeah, I totally revealed the cover yesterday, thanks to being swamped with homework and library work and life. At least it’s gorgeous, right?)

Speaking of gorgeous covers, I sent a mockup of what I wanted to my professor, Allyson Longueira, and she created this gorgeousness. I am in love!

She completely exceeded my expectations.

Now, back to my Joan of Arc story!

I read this book a second time for my undergrad degree, and chose Joan of Arc as my senior history research project. If I didn’t get a passing grade, I didn’t graduate. (I passed! Whew!)

And now I have the honor of releasing a high-quality edition of this stunning classic novel for my master’s degree.

This was the final full-length novel of Twain’s career, and he considered it the best thing he’d ever written.

And let me tell you, Mark Twain destroyed Sherlock Holmes, one of my favorite literary characters of all time, with his wit and sarcasm, but he had such a deep respect for Joan of Arc, he treated her story with a reverence you will not see anywhere else in his writing.

She captured his heart, she captured mine, and I wholeheartedly believe she will capture yours as well.

(And just so you know: I read this beauty FIVE TIMES to hunt out typos introduced in the public-domain file and to format it into its current state of gorgeousness, so I know this book like the back of my hand!)

I also wrote a foreword and afterword for this particular edition, and I included five of my favorite Joan of Arc illustrations throughout history, exclusive to this edition.

I hope you will check out this beauty, available right now, today, in ebook, paperback, and hardback. I can’t wait for you to read this lovely edition!

You can get this gorgeous classic right here: https://wordfirepress.com/gpcw/

All my love!

Michele

About the book:

A forgotten masterpiece from one of America’s greatest authors—and the last full-length novel he ever wrote—Joan of Arc follows the Savior of France from her childhood in Domrémy, to her campaigns throughout the French countryside, to her demise at the hands of the English and Burgundians.

Mark Twain was sarcastic, witty, and oft-irreverent, but he had a soft spot for the Maid of Orléans. (As will you after you read this book!) He spent twelve years in research, two in writing, including multiple visits to the National Archives in Paris, and proclaimed Joan of Arc the “best of all my books!” If you love well-written classics of stunning historical figures, then this is the book for you.