True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant

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Brad Ricca

True Raiders

The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant

Brad Ricca

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English

St Martins Press
14 December 2021

Biography: historical, political & military; History; Expeditions

"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. Like a real-life version of Raiders of the Lost Ark, this incredible story of adventure and mystery has almost been 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 Raiders is the first retelling of this group's adventures- in the space between fact and faith, science and romance."

By: Brad Ricca
Imprint: St Martins Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 243mm, Width: 166mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 585g
ISBN: 9781250273604
ISBN 10: 1250273609
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 14 December 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

BRAD RICCA is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, Olive the Lionheart, and Super Boys, winner of the Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction. He won the St. Lawrence Book Award for American Mastodon. Ricca lives and works in Cleveland.

Reviews for True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant

Grounded in historical accuracy, this marvelous story of the true raider of the Ark of the Covenant is fascinating, vivid and suggestive as gold lit by torchlight. --Eric Zala, Director of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, the legendary shot-for-shot remake of the original film.