Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry

John J. Robinson argues that Freemasonry did not originate from medieval stonemason guilds but from the suppressed Knights Templar network that survived the 1307 arrests by going underground in England. Robinson traces the linguistic connections between Masonic ritual language and what would have been needed to operate a clandestine organization in 14th-century England. Praised by Kirkus Reviews as 'scholarly detective work'. The central thesis is contested by Masonic scholars, but the research into the historical period is genuinely rigorous. Over 2,100 Goodreads ratings.