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Rosslyn

Rosslyn

by Andrew Sinclair (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $3.98
Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: paperback / softback
 Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 06 Jul 2006
ISBN 10: 1841584703
ISBN 13: 9781841584706

Media Reviews
'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
Author Bio
Andrew Sinclair is a leading novelist, historian and film-maker, and has lectured widely in Europe and America. His books include biographies of Jack London, John Ford, Che Guevara and Dylan Thomas. Andrew Sinclair appears in a special feature DVD to be released in May 2005 of Jerry Bruckheimer's Disney blockbuster, NATIONAL TREASURE. The film, released in the UK on Boxing day 2004, stars Nicholas Cage, who discovers the Templar treasure trove in America from a code and map written on the back of the Declaration of Independence.