The Lost Colony of the Templars by Steven Sora © 2004

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The Lost Colony of the Templars   by   Steven Sora   © 2004  Destiny Books  ISBN  1-59477-019-0     288 pages  paperback         $16.95 (U.S.)  $24.95  (Canada)

Once again, Steven Sora returns to the connections between the Knights Templar, the Sinclair family of Scotland, and pre-Columbian explorations of North America.  He began exploring these topics in The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar (see my earlier review).  This book, however, looks at the attempt in 1542 (i.e., a mere 50 years after the “official” discovery of America) to contact the colony planted by Henry Sinclair (in 1398 C.E.).

Mr. Sora makes some assumptions that may raise eyebrows.  He cites evidence which is not necessarily accepted by the entire scientific community (but what is accepted by the community without dispute, in this day and age?).

Regardless of whether you accept all of his evidence, and the assumptions he derives from it, you will find this book informative, well-written, and easy to understand.  To my way of thinking that makes it a good book.  It is not necessarily an excellent book; nor need it be “true” and “accurate” in all things.  It may be wrong.  It may be only partly accurate.  In any case, it is worth reading.

There are editing glitches in this book, almost all of which are simple spelling errors and of no real significance.  It is all too easy, as I well know, to read what you meant to write rather than what you actually wrote while preparing a manuscript.  Don’t let these minor errors detract from your enjoyment of this book.

The first 200 or so pages of this book set the background of Verrazano’s reasons for voyaging to North America.  Depending upon how familiar you are with the history of Christian heresies, the Knights Templar, the Crusades, and assorted topics you may find these introductory chapters either fascinating or only marginally interesting.  Nonetheless, they are important to the understanding of Verrazano’s mission.

 

Mr. Sora states as givens some things which are, at best, conjectures.  But then, Mr. Sora is not a historian in the strict sense, so far as I know.  He writes on the topic of historical enigmas, which is an altogether different category.

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