Sword and the Grail: The Story of the Grail, the Templars and the Discovery of America - Softcover

Sinclair, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841583960 ISBN 13: 9781841583969

Publisher: Birlinn, 2005

Synopsis

Based on stunning new archaeological evidence, both in the UK and the USA, The Sword and the Grail details the part played by the Order of the Knights of the Templar—here proved to be the true antecedents of the Freemansons—in the discovery of America. As they fled the authorities who wished to destroyed them, some of the outlawed Templars carried their treasure to St Clair Castle, where the knights' relics are still buried. The tomb of their St Clair Grand Master, with the Grail carved on his stone, lies in Rosslyn, the core chapel of the Masonic movement. With the help of the sea skills and wealth of the Templars, the St Clair Grand Master, tried to found a new Jerusalem in the New World, landing with 300 colonists, first in what is now Nova Scotia and then in New England, more than 90 years before Columbus.

About this title

About the Author:

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 Guevera. His most recent work is the epic novel, Blood and Kin.

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Birlinn
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1841583960
• ISBN 13: 9781841583969
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 296