02233cam a2200337 i 4500 509087029 TxAuBib 20211026120000.0 210426s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021016199 9781250273604 HRD 29.99 1250273609 HRD 29.99 TxAuBib rda Ricca, Brad. True raiders [BOOK] : the untold story of the 1909 expedition to find the legendary Ark of the Covenant / Brad Ricca. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021. xii, 350 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. This book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a rogue British 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, psychics, and a Dominican priest, 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. Provided by publisher. 20211026. Morley, Montagu Parker Earl of 1878-1962. Parker Expedition 1909-1911 History. Excavations (Archaeology) Jerusalem. Ark of the Covenant. ʻIr Daṿid (Jerusalem) Antiquities. Jerusalem Antiquities.