
Secret Scroll
Andrew Sinclair(Author)
Birlinn Ltd (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 5. July 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-84158-395-2 (ISBN)
Description
Although references to this famous order of military knights rarely appears in standard histories of the time, a great deal of information about them can be gleaned from other, more esoteric sources, such as sculpture and architecture.Suppressed by Philip of France out of greed, the Templars were gradually driven underground in more and more European countries. Yet they continued to exist, still guarding the knowledge and relics that they had gathered for the defence of the Holy Land. It is this that connects all this to Henry St Clair, Earl of Orkney and Grand Master of the Knights Templar and discoverer of America. All of these threads come together in one extraordinary scroll still in Kirkwall which reveals in full the secrets of the Knights Templar.
Reviews / Votes
'Comprehensive and scholarly ... Andrew Sinclair has written a fascinating book' * The Literary Review * 'Andrew Sinclair guides us through this romantic story that has preoccupied poets, priests and pilgrims from Zeus to Jung and Indiana Jones. This is an absorbing history that transcends the frontiers and creeds of cultures and religions' * The Independent *More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
263 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84158-395-2 (9781841583952)
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Person
Andrew Sinclair, a direct descendant of Prince Henry St Clair, is a leading novelist, historian and film-maker and lives in London. He did graduate work at Harvard and Columbia before teaching at Cambridge and London. His books include biographies of Jack London, Warren Harding and Che Guevara. His most recent work is the epic novel, Blood and Kin.