The Mystery of King John's Treasure
Shirley Charters
- A
- study
- of
- the
- final
- ten
- days
- of
- England’s
- King
- John
- in
- East
- Anglia
- and
- the
- truth
- about
- what
- might
- have
- happened
- to
- his
- missing
- treasure.Sunday
- evening,
- October
- 9th,
- 1216.
- King
- John
- is
- facing
- continued
- civil
- war
- and
- a
- devastating
- French
- invasion—treacherous
- times.
- We
- discover
- him
- crossing
- the
- tidal
- marshes
- of
- the
- Fenlands
- of
- East
- Anglia.
- He
- is
- about
- to
- lose
- England’s
- crown
- jewels,
- his
- gem
- collection,
- and
- sackfuls
- of
- silver
- coins
- with
- his
- image
- on
- them:
- a
- treasure
- trove.What
- happened?
- What
- was
- he
- doing
- in
- that
- remote
- and
- windswept
- place?
- Why
- did
- he
- take
- the
- crown
- jewels
- with
- him?
- And
- why
- did
- he
- die
- so
- soon
- afterwards?Eight
- hundred
- years
- of
- searches
- by
- Fenfolk,
- academics,
- newspaper
- magnates,
- Victorian
- eccentrics
- and
- even
- an
- American
- research
- company
- have
- found
- nothing.
- No
- golden
- chalice,
- no
- pearl
- studied
- casket,
- no
- coins.
- Why?We
- follow
- King
- John
- at
- that
- vulnerable
- time,
- day
- by
- day,
- and
- reveal
- for
- the
- first
- time
- some
- surprising
- and
- interesting
- answers
- to
- the
- many
- questions
- posed
- by
- the
- mystery
- of
- his
- lost treasure.
