Joan of Arc was born on January 6, 1412, and this Wednesday is the 598th anniversary of her birthday. Ben D. Kennedy the author of Joan of Arc biography Maid of Heaven is celebrating with a special page commemorating her birthday that explains the significance of her birth on January 6th which is the celebration of the Epiphany.  As Ben explains:  “Saint Joan of Arc is beloved by many people and her birthday is a great ! opportunity to remember her and celebrate her incredible life.  H er birth on the Epiphany is something that most people are not aware of that further amazes them about the supernatural nature of Joan’s life.”

Joan of Arc lived only nineteen years but the brilliance of her life has continued to inspire people down through the ages.  She was the youngest person in history at only seventeen to command the armies of a nation.  She won two of the greatest victories in all of military history at Orleans and Patay.  Despite her military success she was ultimately captured by her enemies and convicted in a rigged trial for heresy and burned at the stake where she died at the young age of nineteen.  Throughout her life she maintained her great faith in God and ultimately was rewarded in 1920 when she was canonized a Saint by the same Church that had once condemned her to death.

The special page about Joan of Arc’s birthday at Maid of Heaven contains actual quotes about Joan’s birth by some of the people that knew her when she lived.  These descriptions by Joan’s contemporaries also relate what Joan was like when she was just a young girl growing up in the small town of Domremy in eastern France where she was born.  A visit to this page is a great way to remember Joan as she really was and to celebrate her birthday.  To visit this page just surf to MaidOfHeven.com and look for the link to Joan’s birthday page or go to:
http://www.maidofheaven.com/joanofarc_birthday.asp

Maid of Heaven: The Story of Saint Joan of Arc is a best selling biography about the incomparable and legendary Saint Joan of Arc.  Now with the help of Google Books a limited number of pages can be previewed providing everyone with glimpse of the unique nature of this particular book about Saint Joan of Arc.  Every page in Maid of Heaven contains unique drawings depicting the life of Joan that accentuate the beauty and understanding of the poetic verse contained within.  There are also seventeen full page pictures of Joan of Arc covering many of the major events of her life.

Once people get a chance to preview Maid of Heaven they have a much better understanding of why the book has been hailed by Joan of Arc experts across the world as a must read.  Chris Snidow, the leader of five Joan of Arc Pilgrimages in France, proclaimed:  “I’ve read many books about France’s Patron Saint, Joan of Arc, but never seen one like Maid of Heaven . . . Mr. Kennedy does an amazing job of putting such a lyrical story into captivating lyrical form.”  Virginia Frohlick of the St. Joan of Arc Center in Albuquerque, NM, explained how she “devoured it in one sitting” and “was impressed by his clever English prose that was able to combine actual historical fact and the words spoken by Joan of Arc herself.”  Sergio Vargas of San Cristobal Antiques Fine Art called Maid of Heaven:  “An epic flash back that watered my eyes. . . I did not expect this breathtaking story.”

This digital preview of Maid of Heaven at Google Books is an opportunity for people everywhere to see exactly what all the experts have been raving about.

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