Another book purchased after seeing - Rated 
the billboard advertisement in the underground. And after my previous financial literary error, I really couldn't believe I had done it again. However, this book was a very different kettle of fish. The story romped along at a cracking pace, the prose was very readable and the plot spicy enough to keep you turning the pages. One of my measures of a good novel is whether I can lose myself sufficiently to cut out the background noise, I was so absorbed I actually missed my stop on the train and had to come back. This isn't highbrow literature, it is a cracking good read whether on the beach or on the train.
A decent read - Rated 
This is generally well-written and exciting, albeit with a plot that stretches credibility to the very limit, and I found the ending unsatisfactory, though in truth it's difficult to see where else the book could have finished - I think the author rather painted himself into a corner. Some of the action sequences didn't simply border on the ridiculous: they wouldn't have seemed out of place in a comedy. And I do wish he would take expert advice about some of the more technical aspects, particularly the way helicopters work! But overall, a decent read.
An ok read - Rated
Not to bother you with the plot, the early part of the book moves along at a lick, only to hit a wall and crawl to a disappointing seemingly all to abupt quick ending. Once again the attept to weave in a second story line is clumsy and unnecessary. One funny element is the referral to a 6month old gun shot wound as an old injury, how many injuries does the main character get to consider this type of trauma and old injury after only 6 months!!!
Crusader Gold - Rated
Only just put this book down and it really is a first class adventure read. A mixture of fact and fiction that really works well. Its like Dan Brown for grown ups. Its better written than "The Da Vinci Code" with a good mixture of techy info and real historical fact that centres on a fascinating character from the end of the Dark Ages. More please Mr Gibbins.
A Great Mix of Fact and Fiction - Rated 
David Gibbins Atlantis was a terrific read and it is never easy for an author to come up with another page turner so quickly. David Gibbins has achieved this with ease. The pages of this book just seemed to whiz by and I did not want it to end.
Less is more when giving a synopsis of any book and in this case it would be too easy to spoil the enjoyment of the book for the reader by a few ill chosen words. I will try to give the reader a `taste' of the book without giving too much away.
A massive golden treasure, an ancient symbol of the Jewish faith, a treasure that was taken from Jerusalem's Holy Temple at the time of the final sacking of the City. Carried through the ancient city of Rome it became known as a symbol of Roman authority and the Empire's relentless conquest of people all over the known world. When the Roman Empire's capital moved to Constantinople, the treasure moved with it . . .
But by the time the Crusaders plundered the city in 1204 the treasure had disappeared.
When a modern day archaeologist begins an exploratory search of the harbour of Istanbul, he is hoping that he will be able to discover some of the fabled treasures lost at the time of the Crusades. What he discovers however, is something quite different.
Meanwhile in a dusty cathedral library in England someone finds an ancient medieval map. Suddenly it is race against time. To find the gold and also find those who will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. The archaeologist Jack Howard find himself on a trail that takes him from the fall of Ancient Rome to the last days of Nazi power.
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