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Translated by Henry Lincoln
"I approached the Saunière affait with fresh eyes. I had his archive in my hands. I was living in his house, at the meeting place of a mass of information. I was confronted by a public which was sometimes scornful, sometimes incredulous, but always questioning. Each day presented a new challenge - each group of tourists created a new scenario. I knew that I had built myself a public when, at the end of each tour, somebody would ask me if I'd written a book on the subject."
So here -at last- is that book... different, humorous, full of affection for a very unusual priest, packed with details and with documents. The author takes us, step by step, along the trail of Béranger Saunière, uncovering his secrets until he reaches the point where he must turn and say: "From here on, I must let go of your hand ..."
Let us leave the last word to Henry Lincoln, who says, in his preface to his book: "All those other writers - myself included - can only catch a glimpse of the truth of Béranger Saunière's life. Jean-Luc has felt it. And so this book has something special to offer."
252 Pages
Table of Contents :
- Preface by Henry Lincoln
- Prologue
- "This place is marvellous"
- A Priest in his Parish
- First Days as a Priest
- Stay in Narbonne
- The Secret of Abbé Bigou
- Work Begins
- First Discoveries
- Gold from the Tomb
- Ransacking the Cemetery
- A Banck Account in Budapest
- Devil from Giscard
- The Flavour of Secrecy
- The Fakers
- Construction of the Domain
- Like a Chess-Board
- The Flamboyant Years
- The Tragic Ends of Gélis and Boudet
- Trafficking in Masses
- The 1910 Trial
- Ruined by the War
- The Burial of Bérenger
- Hard Time for Marie
- A Secret that will make you Rich
- Change of Scene
- A Theoretical Gold-mine
- Destructio ad Absurdum
- Skull and Crossbones
- The Holy Blood & the Holy Grail
- Rennes-le-Château Today
- The Da Vinci Code Phenomenon
- The Hasbourg Trail
- Chronology
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