Patrice Chaplin Books

The extraordinary true story of one woman's journey to the heart of the Grail legend

The true-life memoir Patrice Chaplin began in City of Secrets continues here in the story of her spiritual initiation into the Kabbalistic tradition preserved since the Middle Ages by a secret society in the pre-Roman city of Girona, Spain. Salvador Dalí was a member of that society, as was the renowned author Umberto Eco, the filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and Jancint Verdeguer, one of the most celebrated Catalan poets. Importantly, so was the mysterious Berenger Sauniere, the priest who in the late 1800s built Rennes-le-Château in southern France, with the Tour Magdala, a tower that is twin to the neo-gothic tower in Girona. In this gripping story that reads like the adventures of a female Castenada, Chaplin is led through a series of initiatory stages which correspond to the magical square of Venus, containing the constellation of the Great Bear.

A high-gloss story of the super-rich - and of the unquenchable lust for sex, power and success that drives them - 'The Fame People' describes both the movie dynasty ruled by Margery Cavendish and the fate of those who crossed her path.

In this true-life memoir, Patrice Chaplin returns to the ancient city of secrets, Girona. Drawn into a series of adventures, she finally arrives at a secret chapel in an isolated place: the domain of the Stone Cradle. Here, she discovers the secret of Girona and glimpses the truth beyond everyday reality.

An imaginative portrayal of Lucifer in the modern day.

An autobiography focusing on Patrice Chaplin's youth and relationship to Girona and the charismatic poet Jose Tarres.

A captivating tale of author and playwright Patrice Chaplan's early years spent in a mysterious town in Spain and the secrets she uncovers as she returns later throughout the course of her life. Her story follows the intriguing villagers of Girona, many of whom, she discovers, belong to a secret society formed to protect the legacy of Abbe Saniere of Rennes-le-Chateau fame. The mysteries surrounding him are at the very heart of the modern Grail phenomenon. Along the way she tells of her love affair with the town's favorite son and how their lives become dangerously entangled in the secrets buried in this beautiful, ancient city.

Cornelia Holfelder-von der Tann, geboren 1950, beschloss nach dem Studium (Anglistik, Germanistik, Romanistik) und einem Lehramtsreferendariat, es mit dem literarischen Übersetzen zu probieren und ist seither hauptberuflich dabeigeblieben. 2021 wurde sie mit dem Übersetzerpreis für langjähriges Übersetzen, „Rebekka“, ausgezeichnet.