The Templars

The Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful - and most secretive - of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era. Their story - encompassing as it does the greatest international conflict of the Middle Ages, a network of international finance, a swift rise in wealth and influence followed by a bloody and humiliating fall - has left a comet's tail of mystery that continues to fascinate and inspire historians, novelists and conspiracy theorists.A gripping popular history of one of the most storied and misunderstood organizations of the medieval period. Best-selling historian Dan Jones is ideally suited to tell the incredible story of the Templars rise and fall.  'Anyone who has read Jones’s earlier medieval chronicles, The Plantagenets and The Hollow Crown, will know what to expect here: fast-paced narrative history depicted with irresistible verve, bloody battle scenes and moments of laugh-out-loud wit. This is another triumphant tale from a historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist.' - The Guardian A bestselling author, television presenter and award-winning journalist, Dan Jones is the author of popular history books including The Hollow Crown and A Realm Divided.