My opinion of this book would be that it was very descriptive, and all of the facts were accurate, but it didn’t keep your attention. It was effective in the way of telling the stories the author included each group without breaking the story as a whole. The stories all go in a chronological order to show when each society was created and how it was relevant towards the other societies. It tells the story of the Knights Templar, pirates, and other secret societies. A few English captains would become pirates because the pay was better, there was more respect, and all were treated equally. English royalty was hanging pirates all the time because the pirates would take over their ships. The pirates were arrested and killed by the English. These different societies each had their own rivals that tried to destroy the society the created. The theme of this book would be survival. These individual groups all tell their own story and he is their narrator. He is showing us how these different groups survived throughout history and how similar they are to our society. The pirates were arrested and killed by the Eng The author’s purpose in writing this book is to teach his readers about the history of societies like the Knights Templar. The author’s purpose in writing this book is to teach his readers about the history of societies like the Knights Templar. Their immense power and wealth allow this elite to control America to an even greater degree than the Templars once dominated Europe.more Now Steven Sora reveals in alarming detail how secretive societies continue to wield power even today as organizations such as Yale's Skull & Bones unite America's modern ruling families as strongly as Masonic Lodges once connected the Astors, Livingstons, and Roosevelts. These secret cells did not hesitate to sponsor the assassination of a president and even attempted to break up the union on several occasions when it was deemed expedient.įrom the Sons of Liberty and the Essex Junto to the Ku Klux Klan, secret societies have played critical roles in building the fortunes of America's elite. While these secret associations of merchants, smugglers, occultists, gamblers, spies, and slavers succeeded in freeing the United States from foreign domination, the dark side is that the elite used their secret connections to further their own wealth and power. The alliances formed in secret societies such as the Knights Templar, the Knights of Christ, and the Freemasons transcended patriotism and religious beliefs and had a powerful influence on the establishment of the United States of America. Shows how the secret Masonic cells that smuggled in the democratic ideals inspiring the American Revolution also enabled the future elite of the new society to build huge fortunes.Įlite and secret societies have always been a major force in the history of Western civilization.Reveals the enormous influence secret societies still have on contemporary American life.

Shows how the secret Masonic cells that smuggled in the democratic ideals inspiring the American Revo An expose of the dark and critical role secret societies play within the ruling families in America and their influence on American democracy, current events, and world history.An expose of the dark and critical role secret societies play within the ruling families in America and their influence on American democracy, current events, and world history.

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