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From the start, it seems an unholy alliance. as every reader of the cheap press knows, the Honourable Vernon Lethaby (son of a peer) is a flamboyant, headline-seeking exhibitionist, young handsome—if a trifle effeminate—with extravagant tastes and an allowance that barely covers his racing debts. Rougher around the edges to be sure, Joe "Digger" Henderson is a man of quieter turn. Among his considerable abilities, the middle-aged Canadian adventurer, former rumrunner and suspected train robber boasts a remarkable facility for digging. No more unlikely partnership ever struck out for the Highlands of Scotland to hunt for Prince Charlie's fabulous treasure. According to legend, the booty is snuggly interred in the Isle of Erran, and according to Lethaby, a ciphered map he recollects from childhood days at Dreams Castle might just pinpoint the precise location. All that remains is to make a suitable arrangement with Sir Charles Airdrie, the new owner of the castle and island, for the digging to begin.
Author
Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, author of detective stories, as well as a writer and a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio. Knox had attended Eton College and won several scholarships at Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1912 and was appointed chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, but he left in 1917 upon his conversion to Catholicism. In 1918 he was ordained a Catholic priest. Knox wrote many books of essays and novels. Directed by his religious superiors, he re-translated the Latin Vulgate Bible into English, using Hebrew and Greek sources, beginning in 1936. He died on 24 August 1957 and his body was brought to Westminster Cathedral. Bishop Craven celebrated the requiem mass, at which Father Martin D'Arcy, a Jesuit, preached the panegyric. Knox was buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Mells.
