The Sword and the Grail

by Andrew Sinclair (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $4.20

  More than 90 years before Columbus, Prince Henry St Clair of Orkney reached North America with a Venetian captain and 300 colonists. Based on new archaeological evidence, this book confirms Prince Henry's voyage, and details the role played by the outlawed Order of the Knights Templar, revealed here as the antecedents of the Freemasons. This book is both a revision of the history of the discovery of America, and a revelation of the origins of the Masons. Some of the Templars carried their treasure to the St Clair castle where the knights' relics are still buried. The tomb of their St Clair Grand Master, with the grail carved on its stone, lies in Rosslyn, the core chapel of the Masonic movement. Other books by Andrew Sinclair include The Breaking of Bumbo , Gog and King Ludd .

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.83

  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.