{"product_id":"9781781858929-the-templars","title":"The Templars","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable story of the Knights Templar – the wealthiest, most powerful and most secretive of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945516445793,"sku":"9781781858929","price":11.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28215107.jpg?v=1722417027","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781781858929-the-templars","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}