Freemasons A History of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society

Name: Freemasons A History of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society
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ISBN: 9781611450101

ISBN-10: 1611450101

ISBN-13: 9781611450101

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Jasper Ridley

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What did Mozart and Bach, Oscar Wilde and Anthony Trollope, George Washington and Frederick the Great, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt have in common? They were all Freemasons, a subject of endless fascination. To the layman, they are a mysterious brotherhood of profound if uncertain influence, a secret society purported in some popular histories to have its roots in the fabled order of the Knights Templar, or in the mysteries of the Egyptian pyramids. They evoke fears of world domination by a select few who enjoy privileged access to wealth and the levers of power. The secrecy of their rites suggests the taint of sacrilege, and their hidden loyalties are sometimes accused of…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Masons



The Heretics



The Seventeenth Century



Grand Lodge



The Pope's Bull



Germany and France



English Grand Lodge: 'Wilkes and Liberty!'



Troubles and Scandals



The American Revolution



The Magic Flute



The French Revolution



Loyalist and Revolutionary Freemasons



Napoleon



The Restoration



The Case of William Morgan



The Lautaro Lodge



The Nineteenth Century



The New Assault on Freemasonry



Freemasonry in the World



Modern Freemasonry in Britain



Modern Freemasonry in the United States



Are the Freemasons a Menace?


Notes and References


Bibliography


Index