Illuminati
The History of a Conspiracy Theory
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- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
The Order of the Illuminati was a secret society of intellectuals, judges, soldiers, politicians, and poets who genuinely sought to infiltrate and overturn the system of world power from within. Their ambitions were progressive and democratic at a time, the late eighteenth century, when Church and monarchy were all powerful. Even dukes and princes joined—but in reality, their effects were minimal. Within a few years of its founding, the order was outed and banned, its leaders prosecuted, exil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847928399 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1847928390 |
| Author: | Michael Taylor |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor is the author of:
- Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between Science and Religion
- Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2024
- Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Economist, TLS, and Waterstones
- The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery
- Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize
- Chosen as a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year
Born in 1988, Michael graduated with a double first in history from the University of Cambridge, where he earned his PhD. He has since been Lecturer in Modern British History at Balliol College, Oxford, and a Visiting Fellow at the British Library’s Eccles Centre for American Studies.
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