Secrets of the Tomb - Skull and Bones, The Ivy League and the Hidden Paths of Power by Alexandra Robbins, 230 pages (Hardcover)

The Ivy League is full of societies nd clubs, some public and some very private. But none is as secretive as Yale's infamous Skull and Bones.

Founded in the nineteeneth century and housed in an ominous cryptlike building referred to as 'the Tomb', Skull and Bones secretly taps for membership a small number of Yale students each year. All are sworn to secrecy about what goes on inside the Tomb and about how powerful the organisation really is.

Now in 'Secrets of the Tomb', acclaimed journalist Alexandra Robbins accomplishes what no one before her ever has. She has managed to get scores of Bonesmen to talk about what really happens inside the tomb and exactly what influence the organisation truly wields.

She reveals for the first time who has been a member and what that membership has meant. She exposes the organisation's secret intiaition rights and dissects their true impact on world affairs.

A spectacular feat of investigative reporting, 'Secrets of the Tomb' is more than the definitive book on one of the most secret societies in the world. It is also a provocative exploration of our collective obsession with conspiracy and connection.