Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a compilation of all my best articles that I have written over the history of Freemasonry for the past twenty years. They have appeared in Masonic magazines such as Freemasonry Today, The Square, The Ashlar, MQ and many more, and I have presented these articles as papers to various lodges all over the world. For the first time they are collected here together in a paperback volume, re-edited, with new additional footnotes and a bibliography, including some never before published material. The book includes historical topics such as the Hell Fire Club, the Freemasons of the French and American revolutions, the Masonic members of the Lunar Society, and the mysterious Williamson's Tunnels that lie beneath the city of Liverpool. The collection also examines Freemasons such as Edward Jenner, Viscount Combermere and takes a look at men who have been associated with Freemasonry such as Thomas Paine and Lord Byron. I hope you enjoy reading this collection as much as I have enjoyed writing it.
