True raiders : the untold story of the 1909 expedition to find the legendary Ark of the Covenant / Brad Ricca.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250273604
- ISBN: 1250273609
- Physical Description: xii, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-340) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The key -- The cipher -- Underground -- The king in copper -- Raiders -- A black star -- Epilogue. |
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Albright Memorial Library | 933.442 RICCA (Text) | 50686016141843 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library | 933.442 RIC (Text) | 33249024481271 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | 933.442 RIC (Text) | 33400001534299 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults 933 RIC Nonfiction (Text) | 34262000765244 | Main Room | Available | - |
Public Library of Catasauqua | 933.442 RIC (Text) | 70000000238282 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 933.442 Ric (Text) | 33223008715921 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Trone Memorial Library (East Berlin) | 933.442 RICCA (Text)
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Bethlehem Coolidge Branch | 933 (Text) | 33062009508475 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Clymer Library | 933.44 RIC (Text) | 32596000491455 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |