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A Brief History of Secret Societies

BookPaperback
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CHF22.90

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Category : MiscellaneousThis title deals with the hidden powers of clandestine organisations from the Ancient World to the present day. Throughout history Man's search for knowledge has revealed strange truths. "A Brief History of Secret Societies" explores the allure and the hidden history of the esoteric religious beliefs and investigates how these societies have come to gain a powerful hold upon the popular imagination. David Barrett brilliantly presents an unbiased and balanced history of our desire for secret knowledge and of the societies that preserve it.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-84529-615-5
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publication countryUnited Kingdom
Publishing date26/07/2007
SeriesBrief Histories
Pages368 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 128 mm, Height 196 mm, Thickness 26 mm
Weight260 g
Article no.4862159
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.21562672
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David Barrett is a leading expert on religion and esoteric belief. He is the author of The New Believers (Cassell). He reviews regularly in the Independent, the Fortean Times, TLS and New Scientist.