Full name: Sworn in Secret: Freemasonry and the Knights Templar

Author: Sanford Holst Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780983327936 0983327939

This exceptional look deep into the early days of Freemasonry draws back the veil of secrecy surrounding this long-lived society. It was a true secret society before 1717, and most knowledge of events in those years became lost -- but some original documents and many isolated records remained. This wealth of material has now been brought together to shine a surprisingly bright light on the people who shaped Freemasonry and on the development of its secret symbols, rituals and practices. Masonry's controversial relationship with the Knights Templar and Vatican also takes on new and significant meaning. These are the people and events that made Freemasonry what it is --- a society with secrets. Similar books: The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank John Adams by David McCullough A Higher Call by Adam Makos The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom No Easy Day by Mark Owen Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn Endurance by Alfred Lansing The Code Book by Simon Singh