Manuscript Found!: A Picaresque

by Nathaniel Lloyd

In early nineteenth-century Western New York, a world of mobs and secret societies where belief in visions and magic is still commonplace, two men compose manuscripts that will leave indelible marks on society, and one woman finds among the religious and political turmoil a pretext to exert an influence outside her appointed sphere. In his debut novel, exploring the beginnings of Mormonism and the rise of America's first third-party political movement in opposition to Freemasonry, Nathaniel Lloyd delineates the intersections of religion and politics and the power of secrets and falsehoods. The first volume of his trilogy, American Martyrs, Manuscript Found! establishes his compelling characters and follows as they become embroiled in the political and religious affairs of their age, unaware that fate will eventually bring them together on the western frontier.

360 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2017

Reviews

[Martin Watts · Rating 4 out of 5]

All you ever wanted to know about Freemasonry and Mormonism

I heard of this book through the author's podcast "Historical Blindness" (highly recommended). I must admit that this is not a subject matter I would normally read but the interactions of nascent Mormonism and Freemasonry in rural New York was quite interesting.