Williamsburg Regional Library

True raiders, the untold story of the 1909 expedition to find the legendary Ark of the Convenant, Brad Ricca

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-548)

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

True raiders

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Brad Ricca

Thorndike Press large print biography and memoir

the untold story of the 1909 expedition to find the legendary Ark of the Convenant

"True Raiders is The Lost City of Z meets The Da Vinci Code, from critically acclaimed author Brad Ricca. This book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a British rogue nobleman who, after being dared to do so by Ava Astor, the so-called "most beautiful woman in the world," headed a secret 1909 expedition to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant. This amazing tale not only inspired the blockbuster film Raiders of the Lost Ark but stands on its own as an incredible story of adventure and mystery, though it has been almost completely forgotten today. In 1908, Monty is approached by a strange Finnish scholar named Valter Juvelius who claims to have discovered a secret code in the Bible that reveals the location of the Ark. Monty assembles a ragtag group of blueblood adventurers, a renowned psychic, and a Franciscan father, to engage in a secret excavation just outside the city walls of Jerusalem. Using recently uncovered records from the original expedition and several newly translated sources, True Raider is the first retelling of this group's adventures- in the space between fact and faith, science and romance"--, Provided by publisher

Persons in their order of appearance -- The key -- Part one: The cipher -- Part two: Underground -- Part three: The king in copper -- Part four: Raiders -- Part five: A black star

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Untold story of the 1909 expedition to find the legendary Ark of the Convenant