Historian Dr. Michael Stuart is found murdered in his home in a university town in the north of England. Police investigations yield nothing, and the case grows cold until Stuart’s friend and former colleague, Professor George Randall decides to complete Stuart’s research into the origin and present location of an ancient illuminated manuscript created in a Benedictine Priory in Lincolnshire in 1216. As soon as he begins his work, Randall funds himself embroiled in a deadly struggle with the killer who tries to force him off the search for the manuscript. Randall’s quest takes him from England to Italy, Austria and Germany and throughout it all he must stay one step ahead of the murderer as he traces the manuscript’s history. He, his daughter and his fiancée face deeper and deeper danger as he closes in on his goal and discovers the ancient secret contained within the manuscript’s brilliant illuminations: a secret that will solve the eight-hundred-year-old mystery of a priceless royal treasure.
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