The Craft by John Dickie
Professor John Dickie's riveting new history of Freemasonry - an organization as mysterious as it is influential.
This eye-opening account.. is an epic, continent-spanning story that reaches right into the present. * History Revealed *
'Dickie's book acts as a soothing balm for these irritated, irritating and irritable times... startling... distinctly refreshing... astonishing... Dickie laces his text with enough bizarre characters to pull the reader through, and his no-nonsense tone is a tonic.' * Standpoint magazine *
'A work that is sweeping, synthetic, finely crafted and freshly conceived.' * Literary Review *
'This relaxed and jaunty tone pervades The Craft, which is written from an outsider's perspective without giving credence to the more lurid conspiracy theories that have been attached to Freemasonry over the centuries.' * Times Literary Supplement *
The Craft offers the reader a highly readable survey of Freemasonry from its origins in Scotland to its expression across the globe; its manifold rites, degrees, and personalities - quite an achievement! [...] For the general and specialist reader alike, a concise and scholarly account. * Fortean Times *
'Dickie's book acts as a soothing balm for these irritated, irritating and irritable times... startling... distinctly refreshing... astonishing... Dickie laces his text with enough bizarre characters to pull the reader through, and his no-nonsense tone is a tonic.' * Standpoint magazine *
'A work that is sweeping, synthetic, finely crafted and freshly conceived.' * Literary Review *
'This relaxed and jaunty tone pervades The Craft, which is written from an outsider's perspective without giving credence to the more lurid conspiracy theories that have been attached to Freemasonry over the centuries.' * Times Literary Supplement *
The Craft offers the reader a highly readable survey of Freemasonry from its origins in Scotland to its expression across the globe; its manifold rites, degrees, and personalities - quite an achievement! [...] For the general and specialist reader alike, a concise and scholarly account. * Fortean Times *
John Dickie is Professor of Italian Studies at University College London. Hodder & Stoughton published his Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia in 2004, to ecstatic reviews. It became an international bestseller, with over 20 translations, and won the CWA Dagger Award for Non-fiction that year. Since then he has published Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and their Food (2007) - now a six-part TV series for HIstory Channel Italia and other networks worldwide. His most recent books are Mafia Brotherhoods (2011) and Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse (2013).
In 2005 the President of the Italian Republic appointed him a Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarieta Italiana.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473658196 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473658195 |
| Title | The Craft |
| Author | John Dickie |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2020-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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