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A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables him to amass & spend a fortune of millions of pounds The tale seems to begin with buried treasure & 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 & thirteenth centuries & a dynasty of obscure French kings deposed more than 1300 years ago The author's conclusions are persuasive at the core is not material riches but a secret
- a secret of explosive & controversial proportions which radiates out from the little Pyrenees village all the way to contemporary politics & the entire edifice of the Christian faith It involves nothing less than the Holy Grail

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Tracklist Hyper Super Mega Waterfalls Forever End Ikebana Telephone Line Lucifer&8217;s Coat I&8217;ll Only Say This Easy Chevalier Hotel Cache Western Shade Mercury Lake ...

Of immense significance to Judaism Christianity & Islam the Holy Land has been attracting visitors since the fifth century BC Covering all the main sites both in the city of Jerusalem & throughout the Holy Land & including over 150 high quality site plans maps diagrams & photographs this book provides the ultimate visitor guide to the rich archaeological heritage of the region Fully updated with all the latest information this new edition

Includes:: updates on the crucial recent developments at the Holy Sepulchre & on six completely new sites including a Middle Bronze Age water system in Jerusalem & what may be the original Pool of Siloam

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A story of a devout Hindu man who falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man by asking him to find his daughter a husband the lightness of this sharp quick-witted comedy belies a cutting criticism of Indian post-war society Actors Charuprakash Ghosh & Prasad Mukherjee Director Satyajit Ray Certificate PG Year 1965 Languages Bengali Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 5 minutes (approx) ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES & ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'A definitive study of the amorphous state that lasted a thousand years The Holy Roman Empire deserves to be hailed as a magnum opus' Tom Holland Daily Telegraph ' Engrossing staggering a book that is relevant to our own times' The Times' Masterly If like most people you know little more about the Holy Roman Empire other than Voltaire's bon mot
- neither holy nor Roman nor an empire
- then this is the book for you' Daniel Johnson Sunday Times'A history that helps us understand Europe's problems today interesting & provocative makes the complex understandable' Christopher Kissane Guardian A great sprawling ancient & unique entity the Holy Roman Empire from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later formed the heart of Europe It was a great engine for inventions & ideas it was the origin of many modern European states from Germany to the Czech Republic its relations with Italy France & Poland dictated the course of countless wars
- indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it In this strikingly ambitious book Peter H Wilson explains how the Empire worked It is not a chronological history but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important & how it changed over its existence The result is a tour de force
- a book that raises countless questions about the nature of political & military power about diplomacy & the nature of European civilization & about the legacy of the Empire which has continued to haunt its offspring from Imperial & Nazi Germany to the European Union



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1364 The plague has returned & fear fills the air as the pestilence claims its first victims in Chesterfield When the local priest vanishes John the Carpenter believes the man is simply scared
- until he discovers a body left in an empty house Charged with finding the murderer by the coroner John must dig deep into the past to discover who in the present has enough hatred to kill But as the roll of the dead grows longer can he keep his family safe from malign forces outside of his control? The third title in a gripping series following the best-selling titles The Crooked Spire & The Saltergate Psalter
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Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908 this is both a love story & a novel of political awakening The central character Bimala is torn between the duties owed to her husband Nikhil & the demands made on her by the radical leader Sandip Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable pressures of the home & world reflect the conflict in India itself & the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947 ...

Maeve Binchy is one of Britain's most popular storytellers & these four tales demonstrate the warmth & compassion that have made her many novels bestsellers In ' Homecoming' read by Sean Campion the Brennans run Quentin's restaurant in Dublin for the owner who lives abroad But what will happen when he suddenly pays a visit? ' Telling Stories' read by Joanna Myers sees Irene's fiance turning up the night before the wedding with a face as white as the dress that is to be worn the next day Then trouble starts In ' Needy' read by Patricia Hodge Heather is painfully aware that Valentine's Day declarations of love should be viewed with suspicion even if the sender is the one she loves & in ' The Interview' read by Kate Binchy Bessie is deaf & needs a place in a special school But will she pass the interview? Finely crafted & full of wit & charm these are stories that no fan of Maeve Binchy will want to be without 1 CD 1 hr ...

' An exultant night
- a man in total command of his talent' Observer' The most intense expression of compressed violence to be
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