{"product_id":"alaric-s-gold","title":"Alaric’s Gold","description":"Alaric’s Gold is the hilarious story of the race to discover the river-bed tomb of Alaric, the Goth who sacked Rome in 410 AD, and to seize the fabulous hoard of treasure that was buried with him. Set in modern-day Italy this is also a fast-paced and gripping thriller about the recovery of that treasure. The cast includes a roguish Italian Prime Minister, his favourite escort girl, dissolute diplomats, corrupt police officers and the mafia. The action involves a helicopter jail break, kidnappings, a shoot-out with the mafia, and the discovery of a hoard of riches from the ancient world. On one level this is a light and amusing story set in the present day, but on another it draws on genuine historical records to point the way to one of the richest graves in antiquity – a grave that, according to Edward Gibbon in ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’, had been constructed in a river-bed after its waters had been diverted ‘by the labour of a captive multitude’, a grave containing ‘the splendid spoils and trophies of Rome’, one whose secrecy was assured by the ‘inhuman massacre of the prisoners who had been employed to execute the work’ – and one about which the world appears largely to have forgotten. The grave awaits discovery . . .","brand":"Troubador Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58479937257807,"sku":"9781806348176","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/alaric-s-gold","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}