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Title: The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery by Steven Sora ISBN: 0-89281-710-0 Publisher: Destiny Books Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.49 (39 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic Book
Comment: This book traces the voyage of the Knights Templar from France to Scotland to Oak Island, Nova Scotia and gives plenty of evidence why this very well could have happened. I couldn't put this book down. I highly recommend it if you are at all interested in mysteries.
Rating: 4
Summary: Highly questionable, yet highly entertaining...
Comment: Try to overlook the extreme jumps in logic, because the book reads like a riveting science fiction novel. The author seemed willing to state something as a theory in one chapter, but then turn around and call it fact in a later one. However, I found myself enjoying The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar, for several reasons: 1. The historical account of the different expeditions to Oak Island. 2. The theories presented by the author, while they were fantastic, were interesting enough to make me pause to reflect on their validity.
Overall, an interesting "alternate history" book, a subject I find more and more interesting as we are discovering that history is not merely fact, but also fiction (considering that history is usually written by the winners!)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fun reading
Comment: The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar is a fascinating book covering a wide variety of topics, ranging from the title topic - the Oak Island treasure - to ancient Viking history, authenticity of Shakespeare's authorship, and the family line of Christ.
Sora's main interest in this book is whether or not the Templars, made so popular recently by Dan Brown's "Davinci Code," are responsible for the mysterious pit on Oak Island in Nova Scotia.
This is a very fascinating topic and book, presenting an extraordinarily detailed history of the pit's excavation and an even closer look at the possible explanations for its existence. The explanation Sora chooses to focus on for the majority of the book, obviously, is the Templars. In doing so he presents an intriguing look at this secret society's beginning's, the historical climate surrounding its beginning's, and then follows it through the ages to the present day.
My only criticism is also a praise - the book tends to diverge in seemingly random directions, and you're never quite sure where Sora is going with it. However, if you find this kind of random minutia interesting, as I do, then it also allows Sora to cover an even wider range of topics on a deep level.
If you find a mysterious, unreachable treasure on an unlikely island, and an ultra-secret society that has lasted for thousands of years to be interesting topics, then I recommend this book. Be aware, however, that it is quite dense at times with a detailed historical presentation of little-known topics (like the Vikings, esoteric Scottish leaders and families, etc.) - but this may be its strongest point.
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Title: Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent ISBN: 0440136482 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 15 January, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Messianic Legacy by Michael Baigent ISBN: 0440203198 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Hiram Key: Pharoahs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus by Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas ISBN: 1931412758 Publisher: Fair Winds Press Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail by Margaret Starbird, Terrance A. Sweeney ISBN: 1879181037 Publisher: Bear & Co Pub. Date: June, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Temple and the Lodge by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh ISBN: 1559701269 Publisher: Arcade Books Pub. Date: 22 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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