Templars in America: The Secret Legacy of Voyages to America Before Columbus

Tim Wallace-Murphy · Marilyn Hopkins

Jun 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Polly Lee

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Templars in America reveals the story of two leading European Templar families who combined forces to create a new commonwealth in America nearly a century before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Henry St. Clair of the Orkney Islands, then part of Normandy, and Carlo Zeno, a Venetian trader, made peaceful and mutually beneficial contact with the Mi'kmaq people of what is now Canada. Proof of their travels is carved in stone on both sides of the Atlantic and can be found in documentary evidence borne out by a strong oral tradition that has withstood the test of time. Historians Tim Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins draw on archival and archaeological evidence to prove the Templar voyage. They then demonstrate how this early contact with the Americas ties into the centuries-long development of the Templars and Freemasonry, which in turn shaped the thinking of the founding fathers-and the American Constitution. Wallace-Murphy and Hopkins also reveal the continuous history of American exploration from the time of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, through the age of the Vikings. Templars in America is a wild ride from the golden age of exploration to the founding of the United States.

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Kevin Derr

December 27, 2024

This hands down one of the worst researched books I have ever read. it is more of a Fantasy novel than anything resembling accepted scholarship and the diligence of a historian. There is no documented proof of anything and clearly little actual historical work.

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Tim Wallace-Murphy (1930-2019) studied medicine at University College, Dublin, and then qualified as a psychologist; he then became an author, lecturer, and historian. He has written more than a dozen books, including The Mark of the Beast, Rex Deus, and Rosslyn: Guardian of the Secrets of the Holy Grail.

Marilyn Hopkins was born in Totnes, England. Gifted with a natural dowsing ability, she has a deep interest in complementary medicine. She has contributed to seminars, talks, and lectures including an ecological seminar at Rosslyn organized by the Scottish Ecological Design Association.

Polly Lee is an award-winning actress best known for her roles on The Americans (FX) and Younger (Showtime). On stage, she has worked in NYC and across the country for almost twenty years. Lee has narrated over fifty nonfiction and young adult fiction books and has received many AudioFile Earphones Awards for her work.

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