Author: Gilbert, Adrian
Title: THE NEW JERUSALEM. The extraordinary true story of how a secret society rebuilt London.
Description: London, Bantam / Corgi, 2003. 1st Corgi edition 429 pp. Pb. Nice but pages slightly yellowed. Spine has signs of reading.After the Great Fire of 1666 London needed to be rebuild. The men at the centre of London's reconstruction were, in the main, members of the Royal Society, men such as Sir Christopher Wren. This society, founded originally by the Rosicrucians, adhered to a belief in the mystical wisdom of the ancient world and the millenarianist beliefs of its founders. Central to this idea was the conviction that London had long been the chosen site of the New Jerusalem the city that would descend from the sky at the Second Coming as foretold in the book of Revelation. In this book Adrian Gilbert takes the reader on a guided tour of a hidden London, revealing the true significance of such well known sites as St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument and Temple church. He also introduces us to the men and women who shaped 17th-century London, leaving us this legacy of mystical significance. good condition

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