STEPHEN KNIGHT
The Brotherhood
The Secret World of the Freemasons
With a new foreword by
MARTIN SHORT
William Collins
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF
This edition published by Harper Perennial 2007
First published in Great Britain by Granada Publishing 1983
Copyright © Stephen Knight 1983
Foreword © Martin Short 2007
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to be identified as the author of this work
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For Ma and Pa, with love
Contents
PART ONE: WORKERS’ GUILD TO SECRET SOCIETY
4 Across the Seas and Down the Centuries
8 Worshipful Masters of Conspiracy
PART THREE: INSIDE INFORMATION
PART FIVE: POWERS TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL