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The Templars Piers Paul Read

The Templars By Piers Paul Read

The Templars by Piers Paul Read


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Summary

The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades.

The Templars Summary

The Templars by Piers Paul Read

The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades.

Sifting myth from history, Piers Paul Read reveals the Templars - the multinational force of warrior monks, in their white tunics with red crosses over chainmail. They were not only unique among Christian institutions but constituted the first uniformed standing army in the western world and became pioneers of international banking. Expropriated by Philip IV of France in 1307, and confessing under torture to blasphemy, heresy and sodomy, the Order was finally suppressed by Pope Clement V in 1312. In a narrative that incorporates the story of the crusades and the many colourful characters who had links with the Templars, Piers Paul Read examines the question of their guilt and identifies their relevance to our own times.

About Piers Paul Read

Piers Paul Read is a well-known journalist and the author of several acclaimed and bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction, including the phenomenal bestseller Alive!. He is married to Emily Read and they have four children. He is a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday, the Evening Standard, The Times and the Spectator

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GOR011178658
9780753810873
0753810875
The Templars by Piers Paul Read
Used - Like New
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
2003-11-06
368
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