The House That Jack Built
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The House That Jack Built

The True Story Behind the Marsden Grotto and the Search for Roman Treasure

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eBook - ePub

The House That Jack Built

The True Story Behind the Marsden Grotto and the Search for Roman Treasure

About this book

The House That Jack Built is one of the strangest tales in British history, and begins with an old lead miner and his wife who took up residence in a remote cave on a windswept beach in South Shields. A pub was built within the cave and a concerted search initiated to find buried Roman treasure hidden in a complex network of underground caves and tunnels. Before long, a desperate battle took place between Peter Allan -South Shields' real-life Indiana Jones -and a coterie of politicians who were determined to find the treasure hoard before he did. Their goal? To bring about a revolution in Italy. Told for the first time, The House That Jack Built reveals the shocking truth behind one of history's greatest untold stories.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 - Whispered Legends
  6. 2 - The Hoist Man’s Tale
  7. 3 - The Landlord’s Tale
  8. 4 - Subterranean Passages
  9. 5 - The Romans
  10. 6 - The Wrecking Men
  11. 7 - The Battle of Marsden Sands
  12. 8 - The Arrival of Blaster Jack
  13. 9 - The Coming of Peter Allan, Sr.
  14. 10 - Peter Allan, Man of Mystery
  15. 11 - The Docks of Canny Sunderland
  16. 12 - Phase 1: The Excavation Begins
  17. 13 - Phase Two: The Devil’s Room & The Gaol
  18. 14 - Phase Three: The Stairway
  19. 15 - Phase Four: Of Ballrooms, Tunnels and Secret Apartments
  20. 16 - The Lambton Pillars
  21. 17 - The World Below
  22. 18 - Peter Allan’s Door
  23. 19 - The Rock
  24. 20 - Stand! ’Tis The Excise!
  25. 21 - The Setting Up of Jibber John
  26. 22 - Smugglers Cave and Peter’s Psychic Pets
  27. 23 - Barrels O’ Bilge Water
  28. 24 - Aye, Aye, John
  29. 25 - The Forge
  30. 26 - 1836–1839
  31. 27 - The Farm at Farding Lake
  32. 28 - 1842–1847
  33. 29 - Peter’s Great Battle
  34. 30 - To the Memory of Peter Allan
  35. 31 - Life After Peter
  36. 32 - The Rise and Fall of John Clay
  37. 33 - Bare and Tempest Riven
  38. 34 - The Tale of Sidney Milnes-Hawkes
  39. 35 - Marsden Bay
  40. 36 - Meanwhile in Italy…
  41. 37 - The Era of the Hermit Hoar
  42. 38 - The Successors of Sidney Milnes-hawkes
  43. 39 - On Marsden Rock
  44. 40 - Treasure Trove
  45. 41 - Picture Section