11/12/25
My new book, "The Sacred Carol: Rediscovering the True Authorship of a Christmas Classic," is now live on Amazon.com at the following link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1Y59JMY

This sets off a cascading series of effects. First of all, now my website for the book is live:
https://thesacredcarol.goldthread.com

Secondly, my new video introducting the book is also live:
https://youtu.be/QJNdmqAzZNw

Thirdly, this published book contains the entire deciphered and transcribed text of Charles Dickens' handwritten manuscript, as held by the Morgan Library and Museum. That means that anyone else--including the "Deciphering Dickens Project" which is being conducted in cooperation with that Museum--should, according to traditional academic protocol--cite my own work, if they publish their full transcript and their own analysis.

They won't, of course, because they only follow traditional academic protocol when it suits them.

The IngramSpark link, for the hardback edition, isn't live yet because I'm waiting for them to send me the proof. But it should be, within a week or so. I am, as I believe I mentioned earlier, not publishing an e-book of this title, because I don't want to make it easy for anyone to copy my transcription, from my Appendix. If they want this priceless resource, they will have to buy my physical, print book. And if they want to steal it, they will have to at least go to some serious trouble. I don't think OCR would reliably cut it, in this instance.

If this print book becomes a secret "must-have" for scholars, the resulting sales should boost my ability to promote this book considerably.

Make no mistake—this book PROVES that Charles Dickens plagiarized, secularized and dumbed down Mathew and Abby Whittier's original of "A Christmas Carol." Whatever you might assume, I don't use the word "proof" casually, the way most people use it these days. "Proof" to me means sweating blood and bullets for 15 years, spending every available moment on this project (i.e., the larger project). Proof means trying to disprove my own theories; it means gracefully admitting when I'm wrong, if my best efforts to defend a theory fail. But it also means sticking to my guns when I know I'm right, against the opinion of the entirety of Academia and the public, when necessary.

Not for my ego, but for Truth. There's a crucial difference; and if other people can't discern between them, that's their problem, not mine. My job is to pursue the truth.

I've written this book for the college-level reading public. Aside from its technical aspects, which are necessary if you're going to really prove anything, I think it's quite entertaining. If you like "60 Minutes," I think you'll like this.

That's about as much hype as I indulge in.

Sincerely,

Stephen Sakellarios, M.S.