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1) Paperback Book The Mythology of the Secret Societies by Watkins. John M. Roberts, Fellow and Tutur of Magdalen College, Oxford and editor of Purnell´s "History of the 20th Century," has given us a valuable insight into the "spectre that haunted European politics in the 18th and early 19th centuries."

This is not an history of secret societies, real and imagined. This is an history of the mythology that grew out of a belief that everything had a cause--therefore behind everything that happened in the world, there was someone causing it. John M. Roberts clearly demonstrates that much of the direction of 19th century politics was influenced, not by secret societies, but by a belief on the part of rulers in their existence and power.

A fine read, well researched and footnoted. The wisdom in leaving out detailed bibiographical citations is questionable. The lack of a full index is also awkward. As a member of the Quatuor Coronti Lodge No. 2076, London, I was amused to see a reference to "Ars Quattuor Coronatorum.Trasactions of the Quattuor Coronati Lodge, Margate." Readers unfamiliar with German and French are given fair warning:long quotes--no English translation.

People have always been fascinated by secret societies—and never more so than today, when our post-Da Vinci Code imaginations are newly fired up by conspiracy theories and clandestine plots for world domination. But what is the truth about these covert groups? Renowned historian J. M. Roberts brings us an engrossing history of some of the most famous of these fraternities. Critically acclaimed on its original publication, this perennially classic work has been refreshed for the modern market and its widespread interest in the role of such groups as the Freemasons.
Dr. Roberts analyzes the many forms secret societies take, and follows their origins, progression, and power—both real and perceived. His intelligent scholarship throws a penetrating light on a murky area of shifting and proliferating alliances between evanescent and shadowy organizations, and plots the legendary careers of many of the conspirators who became the demon kings of revolutionary Europe. It’s a smart, enthralling, and irresistible page-turner!

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