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The Rosslyn Hoax? - would you like to know the truth about Rosslyn Chapel? 20 years ago books such as The Temple and The Lodge began to offer a variety of 'alternative' theories regarding the origin of Freemasonry. The number of books and articles which continue to examine that theme shows no sign of declining in number. Since the publication of the novel "The Da Vinci Code" the interest in the subject has increased enormously. Huge numbers of non-Masons have been asking questions and putting forward their own theories about Freemasonry and its alleged connection with the Knights Templar, the St. Clair family and Rosslyn Chapel. This book is a product of the research undertaken by Robert Cooper to answer those thousands of questions received over the years he has been Curator of the Grand Lodge Museum and Library. The results will surprise a lot of people.

Here are some of the questions author asks:

• Have the public been the victims of a massive hoax?

• Are the Freemasons themselves the victims of an enormous conspiracy?

• Has the meaning of the Kirkwall Scroll been hijacked for a particular purpose?

• Is it true that Rosslyn Chapel has been physically changed to make it appear Masonic?

• Who benefits, and why, from trying to cover it all up?

Robert L. D. Cooper is the Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Museum and Library of Scottish Freemasonry in Edinburgh and is custodian of the oldest and most precious Masonic documents anywhere in the world. He is in the most privileged position to know ‘from the inside’ the truth about all the various theories regarding Rosslyn Chapel, Freemasonry, the Knights Templar and the St. Clair family. For the first time a Scottish Freemason, one pre-eminent in the field, speaks out. At last, he says, "Freemasons themselves are being asked about Freemasonry, Rosslyn Chapel, the Knights Templar etc." This book will provide many of the answers readers of, for example, 'The Temple and The Lodge'; 'The Hiram Key'; and 'The Da Vinci Code' etc. have been seeking.

Published by Lewis Masonic (October 2006)

Hardback (230mm x 150mm)

316 pages. Colour Illustrations

Numerous 'in text' line drawings

ISBN: 0853 182558

£19.99 per copy

PLEASE NOTE:

The hardback edition (above) has sold out.

A second, paperback, edition has just been published

The details are:

Published June 2007

Paperback (198mm x 129mm)

383 pages Colour Illustrations

Numerous 'in text' line drawings

ISBN: 978-0-85318-281-8

New improved index

£7.99 per copy

In this second edition the author has taken the opportunity to make a number of corrections and to provide a greatly improved index

The Grand Lodge of Scotland now has a supply of the paperback

to order online click here or on the previous links

All copies of the book ordered through the

Grand Lodge online shop will be signed by the author

For a more detailed discussion of the book's contents

(including some images) click here or on the previous link