The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery

by Steven Sora

Book Overview

A compelling argument that connects the lost treasure of the Knights Templar to the mysterious money pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, that has baffled treasure hunters for two centuries - Fascinating occult detective work linking the Cathars, the Scottish Masons, and Renne-le-Chateau to the elusive treasure pit on Oak Island - Draws on new evidence recently unearthed in Italy, France, and Scotland to provide a compelling solution to one of the world's most enduring mysteries When the Order of Knights Templar was ruthlessly dissolved in 1307 by King Philip the Fair of France it possessed immense wealth and political power, yet none of the treasure the Templars amassed has ever been found. Their treasure is rumored to contain artifacts of spiritual significance retrieved by the order during the Crusades, including the genealogies of David and Jesus and documents that trace these bloodlines into the royal bloodlines of Merovingian France. Placing a Scottish presence in the New World a century before Columbus, Steven Sora paints a credible scenario that the Sinclair clan of Scotland transported the wealth of the Templars--entrusted to them as the Masonic heirs of the order--to a remote island off the shores of present-day Nova Scotia. The mysterious money pit there is commonly believed to have been built before 1497 and has guarded its secret contents tenaciously despite two centuries of determined efforts to unearth it. All of these efforts (one even financed by American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt) have failed, thanks to an elaborate system of booby traps, false beaches, hidden drains, and other hazards of remarkable ingenuity and technological complexity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892817100
• ISBN13: 9780892817108
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Destiny Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Book

This book traces the voyage of the Knights Templar from France to Scotland to Oak Island, Nova Scotia and gives plenty of evidence why this very well could have happened. I couldn't put this book down. I highly recommend it if you are at all interested in mysteries.

Great book on Knights Templar

There are so few good reads on historical subjects and this was one I couldn't put down.

history lovers delight

well researched , non biased, and very informitive

An outstanding theory on oak island

This was not only an excellent book on the Knights Templar and but it also introduced new ideas into the treasure they have been attempting to recover on oak island. After buying the book I couldn't put it down....I can't wait to read the next book by the author

Excellent book,well researched and written.

Mr. Sora's book expounding his theory on the history of the Templar Treasure is quite fascinating. I completely concur with his findings and compliment him on his courage in expressing a controversial theory. This is without doubt the most cohesive theory yet on just what happened to the unrecovered treasure. I personally think that the trail extends even farther than Oak Island and that the Oak Island Cross is the key to the actual site, but Oak Island is beyond reasonable doubt involved in this amazing story. I would be interested in corresponding with Mr. Finnan but can't find an E. address for him, If he reads this please write me.