Loyalists & Malcontents: Freemasonry & Revolution in South Carolina and Georgia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780995756823)

Dr Richard (Ric) Berman is the author of 'The Foundations of Modern Freemasonry'; 'Schism', a discussion of the origins of Antients Freemasonry; and 'Espionage, Diplomacy & the Lodge'. Ric's work on American freemasonry includes two books - 'Loyalists & Malcontents', now in its second edition, which looks at the origins of freemasonry in South Carolina and Georgia; and 'From Roanoke to Raleigh', which takes a fresh approach to how freemasonry developed in North Carolina. Ric holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a Doctorate in History from the University of Exeter. He continued his research work at the University of Oxford's Modern European History Research Centre and is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. His main areas of study are the social, economic and political history of eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland and North America. Ric was appointed Prestonian Lecturer for 2016 and his lecture - published and now in its second edition, sets the context for the 300th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of England. Born in London, Ric lives with his family in Oxfordshire.