{"product_id":"the-templars","title":"The Templars","description":"\u003cp\u003eDan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the Knights Templar. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jones is certainly an entertainer, but also a fine historian who knows how to render serious scholarship into accessible prose'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Another triumphant tale from a historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'When it comes to rip-roaring medieval narratives, Jones has few peers, and in the Templars he finds the perfect subject'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful - and most secretive - of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 512 pages | Published April 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63956544880989,"sku":"9781781858929","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-templars","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}