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Title: Maybe so, maybe not
Review: I purchased this book for its catchy title, "a history of the secret society". Instead of a history of the secret society, I got a history of the American Revolutuion, the French Revolution, and several other revolutionary movements worldwide. Being told that some revolutionaries, politicans, artists, and intellectuals were Freemasons and that some were not, just as some were corrupt and some were not, gave me no insight into the organization itself. I felt as though the author was playing a game of "maybe so, maybe not...guess if you can". What little information I derived from this book was contradictary, such as the requirements of 'believing in one God' and 'not discussing politics', yet athiests were admitted and both right-wing and left-wing groups with strong political views controlled the lodges. I would recommend reading a book that discusses the society itself more so than one that discusses the people involved, or in this case-- 'not involved'.
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