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  • The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant
  • By: Brad Ricca
  • Narrated by: Stephanie Willis
  • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)
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Summary

"Who knew that Raiders of the Lost Ark was based on real events? This audiobook, expertly performed by Stephanie Willis, is a must for anyone who enjoyed the Harrison Ford movie and wants to know what really happened in 1908, when a British expedition searched for the Ark of the Covenant, alleged to have "mystical" powers." –AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Review

True Raiders is The Lost City of Z meets The Da Vinci Code, from critically acclaimed author Brad Ricca.

This audiobook 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. 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, 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 Raiders is the first retelling of this group’s adventures—in the space between fact and faith, science and romance.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

©2021 Brad Ricca (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

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This is the most excellent book, just like Indiana Jones, but true. Very exciting, great.

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Only the second audio book i gave up on

Fascinating story, but the narration drove me to utter distraction. She puts on the most atrocious fake voices for the characters that make it all but impossible to pay any attention to what's being said. Gave up after about 10 chapters as I couldnt face the thought of finishing it. Bought the physical book instead.

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