Article: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

The Race for History

BASICALLY, IT GOES like this: In order to prove that his great-great-grandfather was not part of a conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln, in 1865, historian and treasure hunter Ben Gates must find a preColombian city of gold hidden somewhere in the Americas. I wouldn't pay a defense attorney two plugged nickels for this strategy, but plenty of Americans will drop nine bucks to see a big-screen version of how this improbable nugget of history plays out.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets catches up with 2004's National Treasure, which portrayed Gates (Nicolas Cage) in full-court defense of the Declaration of Independence, then ...

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