The Secret of the Spear: The Mystery of the Spear of Longus Mclellan, Alec

Just like the Holy Grail, the Spear of Destiny has become legendary and has proffered a wide range of stories, myths and claims, most of which are rather fanciful This book offers a survey of the supposed origins and complex history of the spear as it appears at Christs crucifixion and later in the hands of the emperor Constantine, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Adolf Hitler and Churchill The spear that now lies in the Hofburg Museum in Vienna was suppos... - ISBN10: ISBN13: 9780285636965 Material Type: paperback