Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Masquerade - the hunt for the jewel encrusted hare.

QUESTION: There was a book, written about 30 years ago in Britain, called "Masquerade".  If you were able to solve the clues you were supposed to be able to find a gold, jewel encrusted, hare, buried somewhere in England.  It caused problems with people digging up gardens at various private estates.  I believe the prize was eventually found.  Can you find the details?

ANSWER:  The book was written in 1979 by Kit Williams.  It seems that the last printing was in 1987 by Knopf and used copies are readily available.  The BBC has a page to explain the book and its phenomenon.  Also check out Bunnyears.net/kitwilliams for lots of interesting info and pics on the guy behind the book.

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