Order in Chaos (The Templar Trilogy, Book Three) - Hardcover

Whyte, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670045152 ISBN 13: 9780670045150

Publisher: Viking, 2009

Synopsis

In the final novel in the Templar Trilogy, William St. Clair faces the end of the Order of the Temple of Solomon. Philip IV has arrested every Templar in France and seized the Order’s assets, unleashed the Inquisition, and burned the last Grand Master at the stake. St. Clair escapes into exile in Scotland with the Temple’s legendary treasure, and on the island of Arran the surviving Templars train with him in secrecy for a return to France. But St. Clair is growing disillusioned with the old Templar ways, and after taking his men into battle one last time as Temple Knights, he leads the survivors away in search of another legend, the fabled land that lies beyond the Western Ocean.

 

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About the Author

Jack Whyte was born and raised in Scotland and has lived in Canada since 1967. He has been an actor, orator, singer, poet, and businessman at various stages of his life, and he holds an honorary doctorate of letters for his contribution to Canadian popular fiction. A resident of Kelowna, British Columbia, he is the author of the internationally bestselling Dream of Eagles series and the Templar Trilogy. The Renegade is the second instalment in the Guardians series, set during the Scottish Wars of Independence.

Review

"A meaty book, full of details you wouldn't expect to find in an adventure so action-packed: what the knights wore, every layer down to their skin, for example, and how ladies of the period prepared their makeup and hair." - BC Book World (Autumn 2009)

“To read Jack Whyte is to surrender to a storyteller of the old school. His writing is firmly rooted in the basics of good storytelling: strong characterization, effective plotting, and excellent writing.” - Quill & Quire

“Whyte, a master at painting pictures on an epic-sized canvas, pulls the reader into the story with his usual deft combination of historical drama and old-fashioned adventure.” - Booklist

“It is here that the origin of the Knights Templar is revealed...Taut and gripping...” - Vancouver Sun

“Enough loose ends and cliff-hanging dramatic turns to guarantee an audience for volume two.” - The Globe and Mail

“Whyte’s Templar trilogy... finds the author in his top form. Few authors can match Whyte when it comes to epic battle scenes involving blazing heat, choking dust, rearing horses and thousands of sword-wielding knights and Saracens locked in mortal combat.” - Publishers Weekly

"Whyte brings his Templar trilogy to a rousing conclusion. ...Readers are in for a thrilling, exhilarating ride. There’s a reason why Whyte’s historical novels are so popular: he adroitly juggles fact and fiction, using real events as a jumping-off point for stories that feel historically right. Fans of the previous two novels who have been clamoring for this one since 2007 will not be disappointed." - Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0670045152
• ISBN 13: 9780670045150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 672