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The Templar (Templars, Book 1)

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17th April 2008

Price: £9.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780755338504

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1095 and crusading fervour has swept Europe. Christ’s fief of Jerusalem has been seized by the Infidels. The Frankish Knights of the West are to march east to liberate the Holy City. Hugh de Payens and Godefroi of St Omer, the soon-to-be founders of the Templar Order, and Hugh’s younger sister, Eleanor, leave the security of their homes in Burgundy, France, with a plan to join Count Raymond of Toulouse’s army, and march across the known world to Jerusalem.

Follow the crusaders as they march through Europe into the glories of Byzantium and onto Syria and witness the hardships, bloodshed and trickery they encounter on their treacherous travels to the Holy Land.

Reviews

New York Times
Praise for Paul Doherty and his other novels: 'Resurrectionist magic
Time Out
The best of its kind since the death of Ellis Peters
Bookseller
I really like these medieval whodunnits
CADS 20
Historically informative, excellently plotted and, as ever, superbly entertaining
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
This rich tale ... seeps authenticity and is written with wonderfully efficient style. A gem of an historical thriller
Books Magazine
The maestro of medieval mystery
Nottingham Evening Post
Doherty dazzles with his story-telling