Allan Kennedy is an enthusiastic collector of mediaeval manuscripts and books. He travels about Europe in his search for antiquarian finds and when in Italy is offered a remarkable item. It is a book written by a monk called Arnoldus of Siena which he is determined to own. He finally buys it and begins a study in detail. This reveals a number of blank pages to the end of the book,which have been hand-written upon by an ancient hand. This tells of two treasure hoards,one of which is the lost jewels of Lucrezia Borgia and the other the missing treasure of crowland Abbey.
Kennedy determines to find both of these remarkable treasures,but others are also on their track,and they will use any methods to win,including,needless to say,murder most foul.
A good,fast-paced tale which is told both in the present day (that is to say in the 1900's) and in the days of the notorious Borgias. ( )