The Search for the Codex Cardona, by Arnold L. Bauer
“This book is a gripping tale of intrigue, contraband, covert operations, and a bit of conjecture.
"...In many ways it is a tale that many Latin American historians might dream of writing, about a chance encounter with a manuscript, a colorful character, or a hidden archive, but few of us ever do it. Bauer has.”
- John F. Schwaller, The Americas
A real-life Indiana Jones story, The Search for the Codex Cardona is a global mystery with tantalizing clues, disconnected numbers, dead ends— the works.
The Codex Cardona, if found, would be an invaluable painted book of early Mexico. Lost for four hundred years, it resurfaced at a Sotheby’s auction. The author got a brief look at it and even got to hold some of the pages before it went underground again. The search was on!
A breathtaking tale that satisfies both scholarly interests and a taste for adventure.
Narrated by Robert Blumenfeld.
--Willow Pennell