Knights of the Black and White - Uncorrected Proof Copy

Whyte, Jack

ISBN 10: 0399153969 / ISBN 13: 9780399153969

Published by Putnam Pub Group, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2006

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This advance reading copy, uncorrected proof, first edition softcover book is in very near fine condition with very slight edge wear. It has 548 pages that are clean, bright and tight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knights of the Black and White - Uncorrected Proof Copy
• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399153969
• ISBN 13: 9780399153969
• Binding: Trade Size Paperback
• Edition: Uncorrected Proof, First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
• Book Type: Advanced Reading Copy (ARC)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Advance Reader's Copy
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

Shortly after his initiation into the Order of the Knights Templar, Sir Hugh St. Clair is drawn into the turbulence and violence of the First Crusade, until, broken by the savagery and slaughter, he is united with fellow members of the Order on a quest to uncover the true roots of the secret society that has guided their family for generations, in the first volume in a new historical trilogy.

Reviews

Veteran of eight Arthurian novels (The Lance Thrower, etc.), Whyte turns to the Crusades with this tedious first volume of a Knights Templar trilogy. In 1088, young knight Hugh de Payens is initiated into the secret Order of the Rebirth of Sion, who believe the Christian Church to be "an invalid creation... built upon a myth." Founded by Jewish families fleeing the Romans, the Order believes that the truth about Jesus and the founding of Christianity lie buried beneath the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. When Pope Urban calls for a Holy Crusade to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims, the Order"given to interminable monologues"sees an opportunity to perhaps retrieve those ancient documents and sends Sir Hugh and others to join the Crusaders, yakking the whole way. After the bloody fall of Jerusalem, Sir Hugh establishes a new order of warrior monks as a cover for the excavation of the Temple Mount, and the race is on to find the hidden treasure, if it exists, before their activities are discovered. This tepid Templar foray will be crowded out at the gates. (Aug.)
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Readers of Whyte's Camulod series (eight novels set during the Arthurian period) will be very excited to jump into this, the first of a projected trilogy chronicling the birth of the Knights Templar. The novel begins in 1088, as Hugh St. Clair, a French nobleman, joins a mysterious society known as the Order. Soon Hugh is hip deep in the blood and gore of the First Crusade, which so scars him that he dedicates the rest of his life to serving God. But things don't go exactly according to plan, and soon Hugh is part of an elite band of monks whose religious devotion is matched by their skill at hand-to-hand combat. 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. One warning, though: when you put this one down, you may immediately begin salivating for volume 2. David Pitt
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