The Knights Templar Author:Stephen Howarth Complex, battle-torn, and fiercely religious, the age of the Crusades witnessed the rise and fall of a singular Order of fighting men. They were devoted equally to God, war, and the defense of Palestine. This book is a meticulously researched and completely absorbing history of that Order.
A narrative of the Templar order from its creation in Crusader Holy Land to its destruction at the hands of the French King Philip the Fair. Rousing medieval history that reads like a novel.