"It is with great sadness we announce that Laurence Gardner passed away on the 12 August 2010, after a prolonged illness. "Laurence Gardner is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Distinguished as the Chevalier de St. Germain, he is a constitutional historian, a Knight Templar of St Anthony, and is Presidential Attaché to the European Council of Princes. Based in England, he is author of The Times and Sunday Times bestseller, Bloodline of the Holy Grail . "Laurence Gardner's (other) books include Realm of the Ring Lords , Genesis of the Grail Kings , Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark , The Magdalene Legacy , and The Shadow of Solomon ." Source: http://graal.co.uk/ It was probably around six years ago that I first encountered Laurence Gardner's writings, after my friend Jon had been enthusing about Gardner's very different version of both Biblical and European history. So I read one of his books, Genesis of the Grail Kings , and