BAIGENT / LEIGH: THE TEMPLE & THE LODGE * 1ST UK HC w/ D/J * FREEMASONRY MASONIC

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MICHAEL BAIGENT & RICHARD LEIGH.
THE TEMPLE AND THE LODGE.
London: Jonathan Cape.
FIRST BRITISH EDITION.
1989.
xiv (14) + 306 pages with Index.
B&W PLATES.
Large octavo (9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inch) hardcover with d/j, black boards, gilt titling to spine.
A touch of light scuffing to d/j, o/w
FINE CONDITION IN NEAR FINE D/J
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CONTENTS:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. • INTRODUCTION. • PRELUDE.
PART ONE.) ROBERT BRUCE: HEIR TO CELTIC SCOTLAND.
1.) BRUCE AND HIS STRUGGLE FOR POWER. • 2.) MILITARY MONKS: THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. • 3.) ARRESTS AND TORTURE. • 4.) THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TEMPLAR FLEET. • 5.) CELTIC SCOTLAND AND THE GRAIL LEGENDS.
PART TWO.) SCOTLAND AND A HIDDEN TRADITION.
6.) THE TEMPLAR LEGACY IN SCOTLAND. • 7.) THE SCOTS GUARD. • 8.) ROSSLYN. • 9.) FREEMASONRY: GEOMETRY OF THE SACRED.
PART THREE.) THE ORIGINS OF FREEMASONRY.
10.) THE EARLIEST FREEMASONS. • 11.) VISCOUNT DUNDEE. • 12.) THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRAND LODGE. • 13.) THE MASONIC JACOBITE CAUSE. • 14.) FREEMASONS AND KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
PART FOUR.) FREEMASONS AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
15.) THE FIRST AMERICAN FREEMASONS. • 16.) THE EMERGENCE OF MASONIC LEADERS. • 17.) THE RESISTANCE TO BRITAIN. • 18.) THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. • INTERLUDE. • 19.) THE REPUBLIC.
POSTSCRIPT. • APPENDICES. • NOTES AND REFERENCES. • BIBLIOGRAPHY. • INDEX.
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A VERY CREDITABLE AND WELL-ARGUED ATTEMPT TO LINK THE MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS TEMPLARS WITH EARLY MODERN FREEMASONRY.