Crusader Gold

The elusive <strong>Crusader Gold</strong> the greatest prize missing from the final bloodyconflict of the Crusades. Believed to be the Jewish menorah the huge ... » 

The elusive Crusader Gold the greatest prize missing from the final bloodyconflict of the Crusades. Believed to be the Jewish menorah the huge goldencandlestick looted by the Romans in AD70 when they sacked the Temple inJerusalem and marched through Rome in triumph it was carried off toConstantinople. Now nobody knows where it is. Some Jewish activists todaythink it survived and is concealed in the Vatican. Some think it tookaltogether more extraordinary turn at the beginning of history itself. JackHoward is the only man who can find out. But the clock is ticking against him.Will ancient history give up one of its darkest secrets? The quest to find outtakes him from the Roman Empire to the last days of Nazi power and uncovers atrail more thrilling than anyone ever imagined.The gold menorah symbol of the Jewish faith stolen by Romans who sacked Jerusalems Holy Temple. Carried in triumph through Rome it came to represent the Empires ruthless conquests. When the Romans moved to Constantinople the menorah went with them.... ....But it had vanished by the time bloodthirsty Crusaders pillaged the city in 1204. «