Re: Books

[Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk>]

At 08:21 03/07/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Pohl doesn't mention the Knights Templar also.
>Laurel

I spoke to Pohl by telephone on numerous occasions but, by that time,
he had passed the 100 year mark and was quite deaf so I was invariably
handed over to his third wife, Loretta, who was only seventy but who knew
little or nothing about Prince Henry Sinclair.  We all 'shouted' down the line
(as people do when there is a deaf person) but Pohl preferred to put his
thoughts in writing and I am fortunate in having a number of his letters but
unfortunate in so far as I cannot read his spidery scrawl.

As you rightly say, Pohl knew nothing about the Knights Templar and my
attempts at enlightenment simply confused him.  I wish I had known him
earlier. He lived to the ripe old age of 103, greatly honoured, greatly 
respected
because he was prepared to stick his head above the parapet and have a real
battle with academia.  He was proved to be right about the Greenland 
settlements
and he will be proved to have been right about Prince Henry Sinclair even 
although
he may not have known about Newport Tower he certainly knew about the Westford
Knight.

Niven


>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tim Wallace-Murphy <tim@templartim.freeserve.co.uk>
>To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
>Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 6:08 AM
>Subject: Re: Books
>
>
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > The work done by Frederic Pohl in respect of the voyage by Henry St Clair
> > and the surviving Zeno brother was vital in bringing this matter to the
> > attention of the world. However, having said that, he made several serious
> > errors and was not at that time party to information regarding the Newport
> > Tower that has only recently cometo light. But, bearing in mind these
> > andother limitations in his reserach, his work is still a good
>introduction
> > to the story - as is the more recent Sinclair Saga by Mark Finnan.
> >
> > Andrews book, The Sword and the Grail is not among his best and we
>certainly
> > cannot accept his ideas regarding the venetian cannon under any
> > circumstances. These weapons were in general use until the 1540s and there
> > are a large number of them in a variety of sites on the Eastern Seabord of
> > America, which entirely invalidates his arguments built upon that somewhat
> > shakey premis. Nonetheless, his book still has considerable merit - but
>not
> > in respect of the Henry Voyage.
> >
> > The book we are completeing, which has een re-scheduled for publication in
> > the autumn of next year, has the balance about right in our opinion. It
>will
> > upset the American Academic establishment, who promote the view that there
> > was no European contact with America before Columbus, almost as much as it
> > will distress those who believe that Pohl's work is a form of 'Holy Writ'
> > that cannot be questioned. In other words, we have written a work based
> > solidly on fact, repscted scholarly opinion and hard archaeological work
> > done by our goodfriend Jim Whittal, which can be defended against any
> > argument. Our opinion is, of course partial, but you will have to wait
> > untill publication day to form your own opinion.
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
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