The Knights Templar: Crusade, Myth and Hollywood

Formed in the twelfth century to guard pilgrims on the road in the Holy Land, the Knights Templar would soon be a major military force in the Crusades and amass enormous sums of wealth. However, their sudden arrest in the fourteenth century and their leaders’ execution sent shockwaves throughout Europe. Accused of heresy, the Order was abolished, but the Templars’ story is still being written today.

This book explores the history of the infamous warrior monks, but also the truth behind the m...