The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades
by
Piers Paul Read
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
In 1099, the city of Jerusalem, a possession of the Islamic Caliphate for over four-hundred years, fell to an army of European knights intent on restoring the Cross to the Holy Lands. From the ranks of these holy warriors emerged an order of monks trained in both scripture and the military arts, an...