The Craft - by John Dickie (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Originally published in Great Britain in 2020 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company."--Title page verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Insiders call it the Craft. Discover the fascinating true story of one of the most influential and misunderstood secret brotherhoods in modern society.</b><b><br></b>Founded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Masonic influence became pervasive. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Masonic networks held the British empire together. Under Napoleon, the Craft became a tool of authoritarianism and then a cover for revolutionary conspiracy. Both the Mormon Church and the Sicilian mafia owe their origins to Freemasonry. <br>Yet the Masons were as feared as they were influential. In the eyes of the Catholic Church, Freemasonry has always been a den of devil-worshippers. For Hitler, Mussolini and Franco, the Lodges spread the diseases of pacifism, socialism and Jewish influence, so had to be crushed. <br>Freemasonry's story yokes together Winston Churchill and Walt Disney; Wolfgang Mozart and Shaquille O'Neal; Benjamin Franklin and Buzz Aldrin; Rudyard Kipling and 'Buffalo Bill' Cody; Duke Ellington and the Duke of Wellington. <br>John Dickie's <i>The Craft</i> is an enthralling exploration of a the world's most famous and misunderstood secret brotherhood, a movement that not only helped to forge modern society, but has substantial contemporary influence, with 400,000 members in Britain, over a million in the USA, and around six million across the world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>The Craf</i>t is a shadow history of modernity. Though more sober than most lodge meetings, it is, like its subject, ingenious and frequently bizarre... <i>The Craft</i> is well-crafted and sensible, making good use of English archives which have only recently been opened.<br>--<i><b> Spectator</b></i><br><br><i>The Craft</i> is a superb book that often reads like an adventure novel. It's informative, fascinating and often very funny.--<i><b>The Times (UK)</b></i><br><br>[John Dickie] takes on this sensational subject with a wry turn of phrase and the cool judgment of a fine historian... I enjoyed this book enormously. Dickie's gaze is both wide and penetrating. He makes a persuasive case for masonry's historic importance.--<i><b>Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times</b></i><br><br>A fascinating tale...Mr Dickie has turned legend into history. <br>--<i><b>The Economist</b></i><br><br>Convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining.<br>--<i><b>The Wall Street Journal</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>John Dickie</b> is Professor of Italian Studies at University College, London. His book, <i>Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia, </i> is an international bestseller, with over 20 translations, and won the CWA Dagger Award for non-fiction. Since then he has published <i>Delizia! The Epic History of the Italians and their Food</i> (2007) -- now a six-part TV series for History Channel Italia and other networks worldwide. In 2005 the President of the Italian Republic appointed him a Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana. He lives in London.
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