"Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; its vindictive treatment of critics; its phenomenal wealth; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard"--From publisher description.
An architect and author born in Bristol, UK in 1906, Lawrence Wright wrote several textbooks about the history of domestic appliances, particularly bathrooms, the bed, and heating equipment. He also wrote “the wooden sword” which documented his time in the RAF during World War II flying military gliders.
