"A Napoleonic Treasure Hunt" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Jul 2016 10:30 p.m. PST |
Robert Knecht describes his quest to unravel a mystery originating in the French defeat in the Battle of the Nations. "…My story proper begins in 1904, the year of the Entente Cordiale between England and France. My paternal grandfather, Joseph Knecht, was the French Consul-General in London. Part of his duties was to look after the embassy's archives. One day a strange object landed on his desk. It was a German book published in Augsburg in 1784: an edition of Latin letters by authors ranging from Cicero to Bembo with the original text and the German translation facing each other on opposite pages. The book had been sent to the embassy by the London branch of the French bookseller, Hachette, which had received it by registered post from Erfurt in Germany. If there was a covering letter, this has unfortunately been lost. Thus we do not know who sent the book and why. I was told as a child that the sender had been another bookseller, possibly another branch of Hachette. My grandfather was evidently puzzled by the book, which was unlike anything else he normally received. As he began to turn the pages, he noticed that someone had written in English on the title page ‘two times eight'. Turning to page 16, he noticed dots in black ink under certain letters. Joining these together produced the following message: ‘Dear Ellen Examine carefully the hinderpart of the book cover, pull off the paper red, white, green and you will find all. End'. Following this instruction, my grandfather found tucked away at the end of the book under a flap the following letter:…"
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link Come on boys!… Take your shovels and let's go there!! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
Ligniere  | 10 Jul 2016 6:06 a.m. PST |
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| Hitman | 10 Jul 2016 6:23 a.m. PST |
That was very interesting. Thanks for the mystery read.
Regards,
Hitman |
| davbenbak | 10 Jul 2016 7:55 a.m. PST |
Thanks for another interesting post tango. A good read. A real Dan Brown story. |
 Condotta  | 10 Jul 2016 8:47 a.m. PST |
Just inform the locals that a Nazi gold train was off-loaded and immeasurable wealth can be found in the ditch and the radar needed will become available. Fun read. |
| arthur1815 | 10 Jul 2016 11:22 a.m. PST |
A fascinating story.
And, perhaps, inspiration for a post-Napoleonic Wars RPG? |
| Tango01 | 10 Jul 2016 3:07 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it boys!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Mollinary | 11 Jul 2016 1:28 p.m. PST |
What a great story! Thanks Tango. Mollinary |
| Tango01 | 11 Jul 2016 10:56 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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builds a cutter and a corsair, both in 1/1200 scale.
