Dan Jones Templars The Birth and Demise of the Order Book

It all began with a doomed war in the middle east. A group of elite warriors were determined to stand to the death, defending the holiest of places for Christians. The Pope gave his blessing to the Templars... only to be labeled a bunch of heretics. Who did the Knights of Christ fear and fight? What did they have to do with the endless wars in Palestine, Syria and Egypt? How did the innovative banking system developed by the patrons of the Templars work? Dan Jones is ready to tell the story of the order, which reflected on modern geopolitics, financial schemes and mechanisms of power. Time to find out who were the Knights of the Temple - heretics and brutal killers or saints, victims of a ruthless repressive state machine? 

Number of pages: 544.