Laurence Gardner

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Laurence Gardner is a writer and lecturer on alternative history. He has written many books on alternative history.

Gardner is occasionally styled "Chevalier Labhran de Saint Germain", "Presidential Attache to the European Council of Princes" and "Prior of the Celtic Churches Sacred Kindred of Saint Columbia" [1]. He also claims to be Jacobite Historiographer Royal of the Royal House of Stewart. He is a supporter of Michael Lafosse, in particular his claims to be descended from the House of Stuart, which Gardner claims was descended from Jesus Christ.[2][3]

Gardner's critics suggest he is a conspiracy theorist[4]; implying that his work is pseudohistory[2], that his books are poorly researched and worthless as scholarship, particularly The Bloodline of the Holy Grail.

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  1. ^ Entropic Fine Art Inc - Book
  2. ^ a b The man who would be king—from The Guardian, March 24, 1999
  3. ^ Two reviews of Gardner's book Bloodline of the Holy Grail
  4. ^ Kevin McClure, Gullible's Travels, reviewing Gardner's book The Shadow of Solomon for Fortean Times No 203 (November 2005); and Time for Suspension of Belief, reviewing Gardner's book The Magdalene Legacy for Fortean Times No 198 (July 2005), stating that Gardner doesn't respond to enquiries relating to the contents of his books.

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