THE DEVIL'S LEGACY

BY

TOM JACKSON

synopsis from Goodreads

The opening of Pandora’s Box creates pandemonium in the office of the British Prime Minister. A team is assembled to solve a two hundred year old conspiracy in order to prevent the Box’s incredible secrets from being revealed to the world and plunging British society into chaos. Will the search for truth be successful? And will it result in the restoration of a country’s stolen heritage? 

What is the bizarre umbilical cord that links the 200-year old theft of the Parthenon Marbles to the Turkish Governor of Athens, Jack the Ripper, Winston Churchill, the Titanic, Napoleon Bonaparte, the British Royal family, an obscure nineteenth century Italian artist and a Koala bear? 

The British government’s decision to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece triggers the opening of Pandora’s Box, covertly held for over 100 years in the vaults of the British Museum. And thus the first appalling secret is revealed--the Parthenon Marbles are counterfeit. 

A team comprising archaeological experts and secret service agents is assembled under the leadership of a young female lawyer and Parthenon expert. The team’s mission is to find the real Marbles, and ensure their return to Greece within a six-month deadline. 

Success must be achieved against an intensifying background of treason, competition from an American billionaire collector, and the intervention of the Greek mafia. 

Failure would threaten the very fabric of British society. 

The clock is ticking!

ebook

Published October 27th 2011 by Smashwords

ISBN139781466012820

edition languageEnglish

original titleThe Devil's Legacy

url http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/99678

charactersNatalie Sinclair, David King, Johnnie Walker, William Eastern, Charles Fox ...more

settingAthens (Greece) 

London, England (United Kingdom) 

Paris (France) 

New York (United States) 

Istanbul /Κωσταντινούπολη (Turkey) 

MY REVIEW:

A wonderful story! This book is full of 'what ifs' and 'maybes'. Imagine what would happen today if the Elgin Marbles are discovered to be fakes? The real marbles having been stolen over 200 yrs ago. A "Pandora's Box" exists with information about the true marbles and the theft. Everyone is involved from the monarchy to the Prime Minister and museum director. 

This books goes back and forth between multiple times in history to explain the story of the marbles. The book involves a colorful cast of characters from Napoleon to Winston Churchill to Queen Victoria. 

A fantastic exciting debut from author Tom Jackson