A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an unprecedented historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar, the Cathar heretics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a dynasty of obscure French kings deposed more than 1,300 years ago. The author's conclusions are persuasive: at the core is not material riches but a secret - a secret of explosive and controversial proportions, which radiates out from the little Pyrenees village all the way to contemporary politics and the entire edifice of the Christian faith. It involves nothing less than... the Holy Grail.
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A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village which enables him to amass a fortune of. This tale begins with buried treasure and turns into a historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, and the Knights Templar.
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One of the most controversial books of the 20th Century
"One of the most important and thought-provoking works to appear in recent years." The New Humanity
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099503095
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Arrow Books Ltd
Vekt
347 gr
Høyde
178 mm
Bredde
110 mm
Dybde
37 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet