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The untold story of the secret alliance behind the “discovery” of America
• Reveals how a utopian dream of brotherhood among Christians, Muslims, and Jews fueled a murderous power struggle involving secret societies, popes, and kings
• Explains why King Ferdinand of Spain supported Columbus’s voyages openly, but, secretly, sought to undermine their purpose
• Shows how Colu ...more
• Reveals how a utopian dream of brotherhood among Christians, Muslims, and Jews fueled a murderous power struggle involving secret societies, popes, and kings
• Explains why King Ferdinand of Spain supported Columbus’s voyages openly, but, secretly, sought to undermine their purpose
• Shows how Colu ...more
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Paperback, 392 pages
Published
September 11th 2007
by Destiny Books
(first published 2005)
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I rather found this book to follow a highly speculative and fancy approach to Christopher Columbus origins and life and about the discovery of the New World. Reading is difficult. The author has a particular writing style of short sentences that break the reasoning in an unnatural and annoying way. On top of that, the arguments are never put in simple, objective terms, but instead in a rhetorical, fancy, speculative fashion.
The authors shows a great deal of knowledge and is always trying to spe ...more
The authors shows a great deal of knowledge and is always trying to spe ...more
Columbus was never a member of the Knights Templar. This book is an academic work studying the social, economic, political, and religious events leading up to the mid to late fifteenth century. The goals of Christianity and Islam are explored.
Entertaining and interesting even if he can't quite present enough proof to validate his claims.
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This book is pretty rough. Definitely not a light read. Reads alot like a history textbook. Tough not to to fall asleep when reading it.
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