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Adventure, Historical adventure, History: earliest times to present day
The Indiana Jones of marine archaeology is back! The tenth Jack Howard novel from Sunday Times bestseller David Gibbins, author of ATLANTIS, is a thrilling adventure novel about the ultimate quest for the Holy Grail.
INQUISITION is the latest thrilling novel from Sunday Times bestselling author David Gibbins. Jack Howard will be tested to his limits on the trail of the fabled Holy Grail. '[The] Da Vinci Code of the deep sea' Daily Express
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As the blood of martyred Christians runs through Rome's catacombs, Pope Sixtus entrusts their most sacred object to a devoted follower. Soon after, the Holy Grail disappears into the darkness of time.
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While overseeing the evacuation of the English colony of Tangier, Samuel Pepys attempts to retrieve a treasure which has resurfaced after more than a thousand years. Meanwhile, a Jewish merchant is tortured by the Altamanus, a secret group determined to locate the Grail.
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A wreck off the Cornish coast reveals clues to a mystery that marine archaeologist Jack Howard had thought beyond solving. He embarks on an epic quest that takes him to the sunken ruins of the pirate city of Port Royal in Jamaica. But the spectre of the deadly Inquisition dogs his every step, and Jack must face a descent into hell itself if he is to uncover the greatest reward in Christendom.
Praise for Inquisition
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What do you get if you cross Indiana Jones with Dan Brown? Answer: David Gibbins - Mirror
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Fascinating... [The] Da Vinci Code of the deep sea - Daily Express
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The diving sequences are marvellous... there isn't another thriller hero like Jack Howard and I treasure him - For Winter Nights
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A brilliantly written thriller that remains in the believable and yet rides the edge of the fantastical, the boundaries of exploration... and expectation - Parmenion Books
David Gibbins
David Gibbins is one of the world's foremost maritime archaeologists and a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author. His twelve novels so far have sold over two million copies and are published in thirty languages. David has investigated numerous shipwrecks ranging in date from early prehistory to modern times. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow.
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