Rosslyn: The Story of Rosslyn Chapel and the True Story behind the Da Vinci Code

by Andrew Sinclair (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2005

  $3.29

  The flamboyant Gothic church became a third Temple of Solomon for the Knights Templar, under the patronage of the St Clairs of Rosslyn. In the eighteenth century the Templars supported the Jacobite cause, and after the final defeat at Culloden, moved their radical Scots Lodges to America and France, where they played a powerful part in the revolutions in both countries. This book offers an enthralling trail through the rich tapestry of events witnessed by Rosslyn over the centuries. Andrew Sinclair, himself descended from Prince Henry St Clair, who could have taken the Templar treasure from the original vaults beneath Rosslyn Chapel to the medieval Newport Tower, Rhode Island, explores - and sometimes explodes - the many myths and misinterpretations that have grown up around Rosslyn, as the fortunes of the Sinclair family declined and the Church and Castle fell into ruin.

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.73

  Rosslyn Chapel and Castle near Edinburgh have long exerted a powerful magnetism and mystery for people all over the world. This enthralling new book follows the story of Rosslyn over two and a half millennia, exploring - and sometimes exploding - the many myths and misinterpretations that have grown up around this extraordinary place and offers astonishing insights that change the very history of Scotland. In an astounding piece of historical research, Andrew Sinclair shows how the flamboyant Gothic chapel became a third Temple of Solomon for the Knights Templar and a Grail chapel, and how the Templars merged into the Freemasons to play an important role in both the French and American revolutions. The Lords of Rosslyn were also the defenders of the Bruce and Stewart kings by land and sea. Their dynasty, which lasted seven hundred years, flourished and fell with the freedom and fortunes of their country.