The Relic Of Domremy

Nearly five hundred years after the French village of Domremy experienced the horrors of warfare and the brutal death of Saint Joan of Arc, the atrocities of war are once again a reality. United States Army Lieutenant John Chaple is no stranger to trench warfare. The day before the signing of the armistice that ends The Great War, Chaple becomes part of the last battle at Domremy. After Chaple and Germany Army Captain Otto Dengler become unlikely allies, one discovers the sacred relic of St. Joan inside the ruins of a Domremy church. As the lives of the two enemy officers intertwine through fates that lead them from the Black Forest of Germany to Niagara Falls, each strives to attain salvation and inner peace. In this historical novel, two unlikely allies transporting a sacred relic found during World War I embark on separate journeys of self-discovery.

It is 1431, in Rouen, France, when Jeanne d'Arc is burned at the stake. After her Aide-de-camp Captain Paul Lejeune witnesses her death, he saves two pieces of charred wood from the ashes and locks of Joan's hair. Lejeune then appears before his king and an unexpected tribunal, where political intrigue causes his arrest. After escaping with help from an insider, Lejeune delivers the relics to a priest who, along with his successors, keeps it a secret for over one hundred years until it is displayed at Domremy's St. Catherine Catholic church. On 10 November 1918, Lieutenant John Chaple saves the life of German officer Otto Dengler, before dying in a senseless battle at Domremy. Twenty-three years later, Dengler fulfills Chaple's dying request and visits John's father to return his personal effects that include the relic of St. Joan of Arc and his journal-just as American soldiers return to battle Nazi forces in Europe. Among them is John's neighbor, Captain Danny Windemere, who carries the relic with the hope of returning it to the people of Domremy. But first, he must survive twenty-five combat missions flying his B-17.

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The master essayist Thomas De Quincey, famous for his ‘Confessions of an English Opium-Eater’, produced a large body of writing, including works in history, fiction, political economy and biography. This comprehensive eBook presents De Quincey’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to De Quincey’s life and works * Concise introductions to the books * ALL the published books, with individual contents tables * Rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes both the first edition text of ‘Confessions of an English Opium-Eater’ and the later revised and extended edition of 1856 – available in no other collection * Includes De Quincey’s rare essays * Features a bonus biography - discover De Quincey’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Books CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER (ORIGINAL 1821 TEXT) CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER (REVISED 1856 TEXT) POPULAR TALES AND ROMANCES OF THE NORTHERN NATIONS WALLADMOR KLOSTERHEIM, OR THE MASQUE THE GALLERY OF PORTRAITS RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAKE POETS REVOLT OF THE TARTARS THE AVENGER: A NARRATIVE THE LOGIC OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS THE ENGLISH MAIL-COACH JOAN OF ARC THE CAESARS AUTOBIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES SELECTIONS GRAVE AND GAY CHINA NOTE BOOK OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER MEMORIALS AND OTHER PAPERS ANALECTS FROM RICHTER INTRODUCTION TO ‘DE BELLO GALLICO AND OTHER COMMENTARIES OF CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR’ THE UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY The Essays BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS AND OTHER PAPERS MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS NARRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS The Biography THOMAS DE QUINCEY by Leslie Stephen Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles