Author: H. Bedford-Jones
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
This is an adventure story that begins in Singapore with a chance meeting between Michael Kent, an American businessman who has recently experienced some bad fortune, and two other men. At this meeting, the idea of stealing a royal treasure is first raised and planned.
Treasure Royal
Author: H. Bedford-Jones
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
This is an adventure story that begins in Singapore with a chance meeting between Michael Kent, an American businessman who has recently experienced some bad fortune, and two other men. At this meeting, the idea of stealing a royal treasure is first raised and planned.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
This is an adventure story that begins in Singapore with a chance meeting between Michael Kent, an American businessman who has recently experienced some bad fortune, and two other men. At this meeting, the idea of stealing a royal treasure is first raised and planned.
The Royal Treasure Measure
Author: Trudy Harris
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1467701297
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
King Balbazar's kingdom has made a mess of measuring. Curtains are too long, robes are too short, and no one knows how to solve the problem. People measure length with everything from candlesticks to sausages to spoons. Finally, King Balbazar holds a contest. Who will come up with the winning unit of measurement—and what will it be?
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1467701297
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
King Balbazar's kingdom has made a mess of measuring. Curtains are too long, robes are too short, and no one knows how to solve the problem. People measure length with everything from candlesticks to sausages to spoons. Finally, King Balbazar holds a contest. Who will come up with the winning unit of measurement—and what will it be?
The Treasure in the Royal Tower
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671505025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A two-hundred-old mystery puts Nancy in immediate peril.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671505025
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A two-hundred-old mystery puts Nancy in immediate peril.
Richard II and the English Royal Treasure
Author: Jenny Stratford
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843833786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The remarkable treasure of gold and silver from England and France which Richard II had amassed by the end of his reign in 1399 is fully revealed for the first time in this richly illustrated book. The author explores the nature of the objects themselves, their provenance and later fate, and examines the crucial role the treasure played in diplomacy and in financing the Hundred Years War, especially at the time of Agincourt. --
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843833786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The remarkable treasure of gold and silver from England and France which Richard II had amassed by the end of his reign in 1399 is fully revealed for the first time in this richly illustrated book. The author explores the nature of the objects themselves, their provenance and later fate, and examines the crucial role the treasure played in diplomacy and in financing the Hundred Years War, especially at the time of Agincourt. --
Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780924171550
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780924171550
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.
The Royal Treasure
Author: John Boswell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780835787628
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780835787628
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
A Royal Renaissance Treasure and Its Afterlives
Author: Timothy Schroder
Publisher: British Museum Research Public
ISBN: 9780861592272
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
At center stage in this volume is the Royal Clock Salt, a national treasure from the courtly culture of the Renaissance and one of only a handful of treasures surviving from the Jewel House of Henry VIII. The volume sheds new light on an exquisite object that has beguiled owners and viewers for centuries.
Publisher: British Museum Research Public
ISBN: 9780861592272
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
At center stage in this volume is the Royal Clock Salt, a national treasure from the courtly culture of the Renaissance and one of only a handful of treasures surviving from the Jewel House of Henry VIII. The volume sheds new light on an exquisite object that has beguiled owners and viewers for centuries.
The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps
Author: Mark Clayton
Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
ISBN: 9781425186135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Treasure Hunt in the Arizona Desert Debut Author Reveals Secrets of Stone Maps and Royal Treasure in New Nonfiction Book VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA In his thrilling new nonfiction book, The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps: The King's Royal Treasure (published by Trafford Publishing), debut author Mark Clayton takes readers on the treasure hunt of a lifetime as a group of committed friends set out to discover the long lost royal riches stashed somewhere in the Superstition Mountains of the Arizona Desert. Filled with never before revealed secrets and factual information that promises to electrify every reader's sense of adventure, Clayton's book brings a measure of wonder as well as closure to the mysterious Spanish legend of the King's Royal Fifth, a treasure that has been sought for more than 150 years. Let's not forget about the detailed maps and brilliant pictures first seen here within the pages of The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps. Whether you're interested in buried treasure and let's be honest, who isn't? or just want to learn more about prospecting, deciphering ancient maps, sun symbols, Spanish Mountain monuments, Spanish trail markers or the Arizona Desert, you can't go wrong with Clayton's investigation, The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps. Furthermore, readers will learn all about the history and culture of this fascinating area over the past 300 years with Clayton's unparalleled knowledge of the local peoples, which include the Apache, the Mexican, the Spaniards and the U.S. Calvary. Never before has such a detailed and high-impact interpretation of the Peralta stone maps and the timeless treasure to which they point been so provocative and encompassing. Follow his search for the breakthrough that could change history today, and rekindle your own dormant passion for the discovery of a lifetime in the pages of the inspiring nonfiction book The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps.
Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
ISBN: 9781425186135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Treasure Hunt in the Arizona Desert Debut Author Reveals Secrets of Stone Maps and Royal Treasure in New Nonfiction Book VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA In his thrilling new nonfiction book, The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps: The King's Royal Treasure (published by Trafford Publishing), debut author Mark Clayton takes readers on the treasure hunt of a lifetime as a group of committed friends set out to discover the long lost royal riches stashed somewhere in the Superstition Mountains of the Arizona Desert. Filled with never before revealed secrets and factual information that promises to electrify every reader's sense of adventure, Clayton's book brings a measure of wonder as well as closure to the mysterious Spanish legend of the King's Royal Fifth, a treasure that has been sought for more than 150 years. Let's not forget about the detailed maps and brilliant pictures first seen here within the pages of The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps. Whether you're interested in buried treasure and let's be honest, who isn't? or just want to learn more about prospecting, deciphering ancient maps, sun symbols, Spanish Mountain monuments, Spanish trail markers or the Arizona Desert, you can't go wrong with Clayton's investigation, The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps. Furthermore, readers will learn all about the history and culture of this fascinating area over the past 300 years with Clayton's unparalleled knowledge of the local peoples, which include the Apache, the Mexican, the Spaniards and the U.S. Calvary. Never before has such a detailed and high-impact interpretation of the Peralta stone maps and the timeless treasure to which they point been so provocative and encompassing. Follow his search for the breakthrough that could change history today, and rekindle your own dormant passion for the discovery of a lifetime in the pages of the inspiring nonfiction book The Conclusion to the Original Peralta Stone Maps.
The Secret
Author: Byron Preiss
Publisher: ibooks
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.
Publisher: ibooks
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.
A Treasury of Royal Scandals
Author: Michael Farquhar
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140280241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class. Gleeful, naughty, sometimes perverted-like so many of the crowned heads themselves-A Treasury of Royal Scandals presents the best (the worst?) of royal misbehavior through the ages. From ancient Rome to Edwardian England, from the lavish rooms of Versailles to the dankest corners of the Bastille, the great royals of Europe have excelled at savage parenting, deadly rivalry, pathological lust, and meeting death with the utmost indignity-or just very bad luck.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140280241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), here is a wickedly delightful look at the most scandalous royal doings you never learned about in history class. Gleeful, naughty, sometimes perverted-like so many of the crowned heads themselves-A Treasury of Royal Scandals presents the best (the worst?) of royal misbehavior through the ages. From ancient Rome to Edwardian England, from the lavish rooms of Versailles to the dankest corners of the Bastille, the great royals of Europe have excelled at savage parenting, deadly rivalry, pathological lust, and meeting death with the utmost indignity-or just very bad luck.