Monarchy ♥ ♥ ♥
Read by David Starkey,♥ ♥ ♥ ♥; 10:09
The Crown of England is the oldest surviving political institution in Europe. David Starkey emphasises the Crown’s endless capacity to adapt to circumstances and reshape national policy, whilst he unmasks the personalities and achievements, the defeats and victories, which lie behind the kings and queens of British history. Each of these monarchs has contributed to the religion, geography, laws, language, and government which survives today.
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This book describes the attempts of Robert Langdon, Professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard, to solve the murder of renowned curator Killed at the Louvre. A baffling cipher is found near his body. The Curator’s granddaughter, Sophie Neveu and Langdon attempt to sort out the bizarre riddles and are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci.
While three separate thefts are simultaneously investigated in three separate cities, Rome, Paris and London, the apparently unrelated crimes have more in common than anyone imagines. In each city, the authorities enlist the help of a renowned art investigator, police inspectors, and Scotland Yard. A trail of bizarre clues and intellectual puzzles reveals forgeries, over-paintings, thefts, and double-crosses leading ever deeper into a baffling conspiracy.
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