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Rosslyn Andrew Sinclair

Rosslyn By Andrew Sinclair

Rosslyn by Andrew Sinclair


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Summary

Rosslyn Chapel and Castle near Edinburgh have long exerted a powerful magnetism and mystery for people all over the world. Andrew Sinclair's history of Rosslyn spans its history over 2,000 years, from the Trojan War to King Arthur's Camlann and the Crusades, and through Bannockburn and Culloden to the present day.

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Rosslyn by Andrew Sinclair

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.

Rosslyn 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 *

About Andrew Sinclair

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.

Additional information

GOR003674556
9781841584706
1841584703
Rosslyn by Andrew Sinclair
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Birlinn General
20060706
224
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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