Knights of the Black and White (The Templar Trilogy, Book 1) - Hardcover

Whyte, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399153969 ISBN 13: 9780399153969

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 2006

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.

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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.

From Publishers Weekly:

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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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0399153969
• ISBN 13: 9780399153969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576