What did it mean? The note with the hieroglyphs was found in the pocket of a man lying dead in an alley. The only other item of interest on him was a piece of jewellery a reproduction of the Charlemagne talisman but so well done that Vicky Bliss thought she was being shown the real thing. The gold work had been done by a master craftsman; the stones were of finest top quality synthetic... Vicky didnt know what it meant yet but ion the sundrenched streets & moonlit courtyards of Rome she was going to find out
- if the dangerously exciting Englishman didnt get in her way!