When first published in 1981, "The Radical Enlightenment" encountered both praise and blame. "a landmark in the studies of Masonic influences regarding the period of European enlightenment" - Bruno Gazzo, Editor of Pietre-Stones Review of Freemasonry "This book chronicles those beginning events in Europe which gave Freemasons a proud.
In the era after 1945 the book was perhaps the first English language scholarly work to address freemasonry seriously.
In the course of time it became a classic.
When first published in 1981, "The Radical Enlightenment" encountered both praise and blame