About a dozen years ago, New Hampshire author David Elliott was in Germany on a book tour with his wife when she suggested they hop over the border into France. Before he went, he thought, “I have a lamp that looks like the Eiffel Tower – that’s good enough for me.” But after just spending 20 minutes in Paris, he says he fell in love with the city and France. Elliott’s new book takes on a topic Francophiles may enjoy. It's called Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc , and it's written in different forms of rhyming verse. Last week, NHPR’s Peter Biello stopped by David Elliott's home in Warner where he keeps his writing studio in the smallest bedroom of a house built in 1830. Scroll down to read a transcript of the interview. David Elliott's Top 5 Reading Recommendations: Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison . There are many biographies of Joan of Arc, including Mark Twain’s. But to me this is the best of the bunch. From the Washington Post review: “It is impossible