The Sacred Scroll

Anton Gill was born in London and educated at Chigwell and Clare College,Cambridge. He has written on a wide range of subjects, especially contemporary European history, and published a series of thrillers set in Ancient Egypt. Until recently, he has divided his time between London and Paris, but now makes his home in London again.

Constantinople 1204: the holy city is razed to the ground by Crusaders - the streets awash with blood. 
 
Modern day Istanbul: an elite group of archaeologists uncover the grave of Enrico Dandolo, once Doge of Venice, and leader of the bloodthirsty Fourth Crusade. They seek a legendary set of documents that reveal the truth behind Dandolo's rumoured secret links to the Templar knights. 
 
Days later the team vanishes without a trace. All that remains in the ransacked grave is a strange key inscribed with an ancient code. 
 
Special Interpol Operatives Jack and Laura are called in. They soon find themselves battling against an ancient enemy in a life or death race against time. 
 
The dark secret of the Templar knights is about to be revealed.

The Real Story of the Construction of the World's Most Famous Ship

Titanic

The  fascinating real story behind the construction of the world's most famous ship.

Anton Gill is a historian and writer whose previous titles include a critically acclaimed biography of Peggy Guggenheim: Art Lover, a brilliant account of The Great Escape and a companion to the television series Who Do You Think You Are?.

When Titanic set sail in 1912, she was the largest, most luxurious and most technologically advanced man-made moving object in the world. Built by the great industrial communities that made Britain the pre-eminent superpower 
of the age, the famous ocean liner signalled the high-water mark of our nation's manufacturing industry. A must-read for any Titanic enthusiast, this fascinating book tells the untold stories of the men and women who made the 'ship of dreams' a reality: 
 
 the fearless riveters who risked deafness from hammering millions of rivets that held together the fortress-like steel hull 
 the engineers charged with the Herculean task of fitting engines to power the massive ship across the Atlantic at a speed of 23 knots 
 the electricians who installed state-of-the-art communications systems and enormous steam-driven generators, each capable of powering the equivalent of 400 modern homes 
 the highly skilled carpenters, cabinet-makers and artists who laboured over every last detail of the opulent staterooms. 
 
Titanic, of course, was destined to sink on her maiden voyage, but the achievement of the thousands of people who built and fitted out this astonishing ship lives on.

Anton Gill

Brazil, 1595: Sir Walter Raleigh leads an expedition through Amazonian jungles searching for a myth. He returns with tales of an extraordinary discovery. 
 
New York, present day: The financial world is terrified by rumours of a vast new source of gold, which could mean the downfall of the world economy. 
 
Rogue Special Operative Jack Marlow is sent to discover the truth, and following his only lead uncovers the brutal murder of an antique map dealer. 
 
But Jack isn't alone in searching for the gold - an ancient and deadly powerful organisation are one step ahead - and soon the race to find the gold turns into a race to stay alive.

Anton Gill

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