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2) The quest
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English
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After receiving a tip from a dying priest, four unlikely partners begin a quest to find the Holy Grail in the jungles of Ethiopia.
4) Quest
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Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a murdered businessman joins forces with a New York City cop in a perilous hunt for history's most coveted treasure Claire Andrews loved her father dearly, but now he's dead, brutally slain after attempting to sell an irreplaceable, possibly priceless saltcellar encrusted with rare gems. Leaving the Midwest for New York City, she seeks the help of Detective Artie Modelstein of the NYPD's Frauds/Jewels Squad, hoping to recover the lost...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Covering Arthurian legend, Templars, King John, the Crown Jewels, and Thomas Becket, this exciting new account of what happened to the Holy Grail after the Last Supper reveals where it is now This is the story of a plain silver chalice from the first century AD that now rests in the heart of England. From its momentous beginnings as the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper, and as the vessel used to catch his blood at the Crucifixion, to its unrecognized...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A story of a father and son separated by war and circumstance and whose encounter with the legendary Holy Grail. An epic tale of love, loss, betrayal, vengeance, and retribution that follows Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland on his journey to reunite with his estranged son, Ishmael, a captain in the United States Army.
10) Heretic
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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English
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Bernard Cornwell crafts an extraordinary story in The Archer's Tale, a grand and glorious epic concerning duty, love, and valor and set during the Hundred Years War. As dawn breaks on Easter, 1343, a band of French marauders ambushes the English village of Hookton. Only a youngster named Thomas survives, and the horrible tragedy is forever etched upon his memory. In particular, he recalls a black-clad knight, bearing a distinct flag, who is exceedingly...
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English
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Countless readers have been delighted by Father Andrew M. Greeley's bestselling tales of Nuala Anne McGrail, a fey, Irish-speaking woman blessed with the gift of second sight, and her husband and accomplice, Dermot Michael Coyne.
In Irish Tweed, Nuala Anne and her daughter have taken up karate to fight off schoolyard bullies who are harassing the family, while their incredibly shy nanny, Julie, is courted by a new fellow. Dermot pores over a memoir...
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Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Stories of the knights who gathered around Arthur's great table and their adventures in the wide world. Around the round table there was always one seat which remained empty, a place left for the one who would one day attain the grail and redeem and restore the land. It was known as the Seat Perilous, and anyone who sat there undeservedly would be consumed by fire. These are the untold stories of the knights who went out into the world to prove themselves...
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English
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Wife, mother, lover, celebrated singer, and problem solver Nuala Anne McGrail has a tender side that she often shows to her devoted friends and family. But when those under her protection are in danger, she becomes a veritable Irish Tiger, akin to the fierce warrior women of ancient Erin. With Dermot, her loyal husband, in tow, there are few mysteries she can't untangle.
The couple will need all their resources when they come to the aid of two loving...
15) Irish love
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Language
English
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Continuing the enchanting chronicles of the fabulous Nuala Anne McGrail and her spear-carrying husband Dermot, bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley takes them once again to Ireland for another thrill-packed adventure.
Back on the Emerald Isle, Nuala and Dermot soon get the feeling that someone is out to get them. They find themselves dodging multiple explosions, and someone starts shooting at Nuala while she is water-skiing in the cold Atlantic....
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English
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Dermot Michael Coyne has finally persuaded Nuala Anne McGrail to marry him, but he is concerned that he may have gotten in over his head when the couple returns to Ireland only to have Nuala overcome by one of her spells of second sight, this time leading them into the mystery surrounding the assassination of Irish freedom fighter Kevin O'Higgins.
Author
Publisher
Birlinn Limited
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The mysterious history of Rosslyn Chapel and the Knights Templar is revealed in this authoritative volume by a descendent of its first patrons. In the 15th century, William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and Baron of Roslin, built a Catholic chapel in the Midlothian region of Scotland. Famous for its esoteric symbolism, this flamboyant Gothic church was of great importance to the Knights Templar, who formed a third Temple of Solomon with the patronage...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of a Louvre curator, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu find clues painted into a Da Vinci work, inadvertently uncovering a plot involving the Holy Grail and the secret society known as the Priory of Sion.
19) Vagabond
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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