Knights of the Black and White by Jack Whyte

Knights of the Black and White by Jack Whyte

The exciting first book in a brand new fictional trilogy about the most important events in the history of the Order of the Knights Templar.

The Templars represent a widely popular period of history, but the roots of their fellowship have been shrouded in contemporary conspiracy theory and media glamour....this trilogy tells the true tales of the Knights Templar; beginning with why they formed after the First Crusade and why they continued to grow in power and influence.

Immediately after the deliverance of Jerusalem, the Crusaders, considering their vow fulfilled, drifted back to their homes. But some considered that the defence of this precarious conquest, surrounded as it was by Mohammedan neighbours, still remained. In 1118, during the reign of Baldwin II, Hugues de Payens, a knight of Champagne, and eight of his companions bound themselves by a perpetual vow, taken in the presence of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, to defend the Christian kingdom and all god fearing pilgrims who wished to visit the Holy Land. Baldwin accepted their services and assigned them a portion of his palace, adjoining the temple of the city; hence their title pauvres chevaliers du temple (Poor Knights of the Temple).

Whyte, Jack: - Jack Whyte is the author of sixteen novels of historical fiction, including the 10-novel cycle of A Dream of Eagles (the Camulod Chronicles in the USA), set in post-Roman Britain in the late third and early fourth centuries, the Knights Templar Trilogy, set in the Crusades of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries, and The Guardians Trilogy, set in 14th-century Scotland during the Wars of Independence. All of his novels are available worldwide and have been translated into more than fifteen foreign languages. By 2009, he had sold more than a million books in Canada alone.

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ISBN 13	9780670045136
ISBN 10	0670045136
Title	Knights of the Black and White
Author	Jack Whyte
Series	Knights Templar Trilogy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Books Canada
Year published	2006-08-02
Number of pages	548
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