{"product_id":"the-craft-john-dickie-9781541704688","title":"The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover the \"convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) history of the world's oldest and most influential fraternity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Founded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Under Napoleon, it became a tool of authoritarianism and a cover for revolutionary conspiracy. Later, both the Mormon Church and the Sicilian Mafia would owe their origins to Freemasonry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet the Masons were as feared as they were influential, seen by the Catholic Church as a den of devil worship. For Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco, the Lodges spread the diseases of pacifism, socialism, and Jewish influence, so had to be crushed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Freemasonry's story yokes together Winston Churchill and Walt Disney, Wolfgang Mozart and Shaquille O'Neal, Benjamin Franklin and Buzz Aldrin. John Dickie's \u003ci\u003eThe Craft \u003c\/i\u003eis an enthralling exploration of the world's most famous and misunderstood secret brotherhood, a movement that not only helped to forge modern society but remains prominent today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Dickie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541704681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541704688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.24d","brand":"John Dickie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867235209471,"sku":"9781541704688","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c03cdc1-eaab-4279-aa65-a6e3c9868f7d.jpg?v=1747454244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-craft-john-dickie-9781541704688","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}