About this title: They have been with us all through history: The "Invisible College" of wisdom, and their adversaries - the destroyers - who rise from the flames to burn again. The history of the world is their story: a conspiracy as vast and all-encompassing as the riddle of time itself. In Naples, Italy, in 1764, a young aristocrat is about to stumble onto one ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Roc
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780451450869ISBN:0451450868
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very Good Copy Text is clean and unmarked. binding is tight. Spine is cupped, with creasing, and wear, Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 0451450868 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: New Amer Library
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780451450869ISBN:0451450868
Description: Very Good. The Earth Will Shake: The History of the Early Illuminati by Wilson, Robert Anton. New Amer Library, 1991. Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDust Jacket: . NOTES: Stated First Printing. Showing light exterior wear/creasing, contents are overall clean and tight with no owner markings. Images available upon request. Please email us with any questions. read more
Edition: First Trade Paperback
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bluejay Books, New York, NY
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780312941284ISBN:0312941285
Description: Cover Illustrated By Brin Barnard. Very Good. 6" x 9" 0312941285 TRADE PAPERBACK The Illuminati-they have been with us all through history: The "Invisible College" of wisdom, and their adversaries, the destroyers, who rise from the flames to burn again. Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, lightly rubbed. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Falcon Pubns
Date Published: 2004-06-01
ISBN-13:9781561841622ISBN:1561841625
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Falcon Publications
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781561841622ISBN:1561841625
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Falcon Publications
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781561841622ISBN:1561841625
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Brand New! Support Radical Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 376 p. Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, 1. Audience: General/trade. They have been with us all through history: The "Invisible College" of wisdom, and their adversaries---the destroyers---who rise from the flames to burn again. The history of the world is their story: a conspiracy as vast and all-encompassing as the riddle of time itself. In Naples, Italy, ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Date Published: 1984-08
ISBN-13:9780312941284ISBN:0312941285
Description: Like New. Clean, Unmarked Copy, No Remainder Mark, Unbroken Spine, Slight Edge Wear on Cover, Priority Shipping recommended for prompt delivery by USPS when offered, Delivery Confirmation on all domestic items where available. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bluejay Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780312941284ISBN:0312941285
Description: ISBN 0-312-94128-5. Trade Paperback. First Printing thus. Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition with minor edge wear. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Roc
Date Published: 1991-02-05
ISBN-13:9780451450869ISBN:0451450868
Description: New. First Edition, First Printing. New and in excellent condition (yellowing on page edges, minor edge wear, otherwise in mint/pristine condition). Pages are crisp and clean with a tight spine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. P. Tarcher, Inc., Los Angeles
Date Published: 1982
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Rare SIGNED first edition, first printing, of the first volume of Mr Wilson's Trilogy of the Historical Illuminatus. "First Edition" stated on the copyright page under the full number line 1-10. Dust jacket has the original publisher's price of $15.95 on the front flap. Book is inscribed by the author on the title page "To Rodney / Liberte / Egalite / Fraternite / Robert Anton Wilson" in blue ink. FINE book in a FINE dust ... read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
"Martin introduced me to the history and mythology of the Illuminati shortly after high school, causing the two of us to look up every reference we could find and establishing a number of inside jokes cementing our friendship. Like UFOs, it was interesting to discover that many older acquaintances also had what they thought was some knowledge about the organization. It was amusing, for instance, to learn that the John Birch Society kept a two hundred year old book on the subject in print. Only years later, with the purchase of The Mythology of the Secret Societies, did I find a substantial academic study of the Illuminati (see review). This book heads off a series of supposedly historical accounts of the formation and activities of the Illuminati. Presumably, Wilson was inspired to write it after the success of his Illuminatus! trilogy. In any case, my roommate had a copy and lent it to me. In fact the book only very loosely regards the historical facts."
"This is one of my favorite books of all time. It is fun, interesting and illuminating. I wish so much he'd have finished the series, and given the later books what they deserved as well."
"This trilogy was the first to make me passionate about american history. It follows with great characters the birth of america. All of the research on the secret societies and power struggles are noted unlike the DaVinci Code which recycled research without givng credit to the real scholars."
"This is the first installment of a trilogy which will take you through the streets of Europe in the late 18th century and on the battlefields of the so-called American Revolutionary War, along the way meeting several multi-layered characters. But there's so much more...the Illiuminati, Freemasons, Satanists, and ancestors of ancient civilizations are fighting for control of the minds of women and men behind the scenes. Amazingly and seamlessly, along the way people are introduced to real and imagined characters from centuries gone by such as Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Frankenstein!
The story is centered around the coming of age of a young man from Naples who has been prophecied by several different secret societies to be "The One" and are all working to put him through the trials and tribulations necessary to unlock his potential. His tale takes him on adventures throughout Western Civilization and caverns of the mind rarely explored in the manner by which Robert Anton Wilson delves, as anyone who has read his tales can attest.
This book is hard to classify. Historical fiction, "Man behind the Man" tale, very literate and contextual...all around a very entertaining read, I'd recommend it to about anyone looking for a fun smart read."
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