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Chargement... True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant (édition 2021)par Brad Ricca (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Fascinating history, told in an almost distressingly narrative manner that makes it seem more fictional than real. However, there is a lot of source material to back it up, and much of the source material is vague and colored by personal recollection, and the desire to present things as more palatable than they might have been, so I see the desire to amalgamate these into a series of more personal recollections that may or may not reflect the actual truth. A fascinating story, nevertheless. ( ) This is the "true" story behind the expedition that led to the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark". It is a good thing they jazzed it up or no one would have wanted to see it. Way too many characters and many with little bearing on the actual expedition. There is even a chapter on Jack the Ripper. There is lots of planning, prepping and exploring with and little of any consequence actually found. Though well researched it is presented like a novel so it is hard to tell the factual from what comes from Ricci's imagination. Full disclosure: I am not a big enough fan of Indiana Jones to have been aware that the story had a basis in reality. I began this story having no idea what the story was really about. Having finished the book, I have a lot of mixed feelings on the book. The first 70 percent of the book covers this archaeological dig organized by Mr. Parker in the early 1900’s. A dig inspired to look for the mythical Ark of the Covenant, a biblical era relic said to hold a wealth of religious significance . With the exception of a few notable historical references, I struggled to get into the first section of the book. It dragged for me. I really enjoyed the last 20 or 30 percent of the book that covers the ongoing tale of the characters in the book, and their lives after this dig, which became a notoriety the world over in the years following the expedition. I love historical tales, but I largely couldn’t get into this one. Thank you to Netgalley for the copy in exchange for an honest review. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"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"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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