City of Secrets: One Woman's True-life Journey to the Heart of the Grail Legend

City of Secrets: One Woman's True-life Journey to the Heart of the Grail Legend by Chaplin, Patrice. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780835608718.

Patrice Chaplin began going to Girona, Spain, at age 15, and with each visit she became more enmeshed in its mysteries. She found a lover, Jose; met many strange characters; and heard dark talk of the legendary Abbé Saunière of Rennes-le-Château. She discovered that many of Gironas townspeople were part of a secret society formed to guard the Abbés legacy and his knowledge of the Grail. Eventually the society asks Patrice to be the vehicle for revealing their secrets. This riveting account is the result of that request.