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- Book Series
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- 9780525428305
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525428305
ISBN-13
9780525428305
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235039338
Product Key Features
Book Title
Templars : the Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Christian Church / History, Military / Medieval, Institutions & Organizations, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2017
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Yes
Genre
Religion, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-025385
Reviews
"A fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger, featuring a cast of exuberantly monstrous sword swingers spattering Christian and Islamic blood from Spain to Jerusalem." -- Simon Sebag Montefiore author of Jerusalem: The Biography "Dan Jones has created a gripping page-turner out of the dramatic history of the Templars, from their spiritual warrior beginnings until their tragic destruction by the French king and the pope. It is genuinely moving and a chilling contemporary warning about the abuse of power through persecution and lies." -- Philippa Gregory, author of The White Queen Praise for Dan Jones''s The Plantagenets: "A real life Game of Thrones, as dramatic and blood-soaked as any work of fantasy . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw." --The Wall Street Journal " The Plantagenets is rich in detail and scene-setting. . . . The Plantagenets'' saga is the story of how English monarchs learned, or failed to learn, how to be kings, and how the English people, commoners and barons alike, learned how to limit their powers." --USA Today "Jones has brought the Plantagenets out of the shadows, revealing them in all their epic heroism and depravity. His is an engaging and readable account . . . researched with exacting standards. [A] compelling reading." --The Washington Post "Outstanding. Majestic in its sweep, compelling in its storytelling, this is narrative history at its best. A thrilling dynastic history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery, and brutal warfare across two centuries of British history." --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin "Some of the greatest stories in all of English history . . . rich in pageantry and soaked in blood." --Lewis Lapham, Lapham''s Quarterly "Dan Jones''s epic portrait of the medieval royals is a timely reminder that things haven''t always been so rosy for those on the throne." --GQ Praise for Dan Jones''s The Wars of the Roses: "Exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history . . . Thrilling. There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skillful piece of storytelling." --The Sunday Telegraph "An engrossing read and thoroughly enjoyable." --The Spectator "If you''re a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors, then Dan Jones'' swashbucklingly entertaining slice of medieval history will be right up your alley. . . . Every bit as entertaining and readable as his previous blockbuster The Plantagenets ." --Daily Express "Jones is a born storyteller, peopling the terrifying uncertainties of each moment with a superbly drawn cast of characters and powerfully evoking the brutal realities of civil war." --The Evening Standard "Jones tells a good story. That is a good thing, since storytelling has gone out of favor among so many historians. . . . His delightful wit is as ferocious as the dreadful violence he describes." -- The Times (London) Praise for Dan Jones''s Magna Carta: "Lively and excellent." --The New York Times "Excellent and very well crafted." --The New York Review of Books "Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." --Antonia Frasier, Advance Praise for The Templars "A fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate miltary-relgious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger, featuring a cast of exuberantly monstrous sword swingers spattering Christian and Islamic blood from Spain to Jerusalem." -- Simon Sebag Montefiore author of Jerusalem: The Biography Praise for Dan Jones's The Plantagenets: "A real life Game of Thrones, as dramatic and blood-soaked as any work of fantasy . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw." --The Wall Street Journal " The Plantagenets is rich in detail and scene-setting. . . . The Plantagenets' saga is the story of how English monarchs learned, or failed to learn, how to be kings, and how the English people, commoners and barons alike, learned how to limit their powers." --USA Today "Jones has brought the Plantagenets out of the shadows, revealing them in all their epic heroism and depravity. His is an engaging and readable account . . . researched with exacting standards. [A] compelling reading." --The Washington Post "Outstanding. Majestic in its sweep, compelling in its storytelling, this is narrative history at its best. A thrilling dynastic history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery, and brutal warfare across two centuries of British history." --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin "Some of the greatest stories in all of English history . . . rich in pageantry and soaked in blood." --Lewis Lapham, Lapham's Quarterly "Dan Jones's epic portrait of the medieval royals is a timely reminder that things haven't always been so rosy for those on the throne." --GQ Praise for Dan Jones's The Wars of the Roses: "Exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history . . . Thrilling. There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skillful piece of storytelling." --The Sunday Telegraph "An engrossing read and thoroughly enjoyable." --The Spectator "If you're a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors, then Dan Jones' swashbucklingly entertaining slice of medieval history will be right up your alley. . . . Every bit as entertaining and readable as his previous blockbuster The Plantagenets ." --Daily Express "Jones is a born storyteller, peopling the terrifying uncertainties of each moment with a superbly drawn cast of characters and powerfully evoking the brutal realities of civil war." --The Evening Standard "Jones tells a good story. That is a good thing, since storytelling has gone out of favor among so many historians. . . . His delightful wit is as ferocious as the dreadful violence he describes." -- The Times (London) Praise for Dan Jones's Magna Carta: "Lively and excellent." --The New York Times "Excellent and very well crafted." --The New York Review of Books "Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." --Antonia Frasier, "With engaging liveliness and not even a penknife to grind, Jones chronicles the Templars'' actual record of great military achievement, fiduciary responsibility, exceptional faithfulness, and lasting cultural significance." --Booklist "A fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger, featuring a cast of exuberantly monstrous sword swingers spattering Christian and Islamic blood from Spain to Jerusalem." -- Simon Sebag Montefiore author of Jerusalem: The Biography "Dan Jones has created a gripping page-turner out of the dramatic history of the Templars, from their spiritual warrior beginnings until their tragic destruction by the French king and the pope. It is genuinely moving and a chilling contemporary warning about the abuse of power through persecution and lies." -- Philippa Gregory, author of The White Queen "The story of the Templars, the ultimate holy warriors, is an extraordinary saga of fanaticism, bravery, treachery and betrayal, and in Dan Jones they have a worthy chronicler. Templars is a wonderful book!" -- Bernard Cornwell, author of The Last Kingdom Praise for Dan Jones''s The Plantagenets: "A real life Game of Thrones, as dramatic and blood-soaked as any work of fantasy . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw." --The Wall Street Journal " The Plantagenets is rich in detail and scene-setting. . . . The Plantagenets'' saga is the story of how English monarchs learned, or failed to learn, how to be kings, and how the English people, commoners and barons alike, learned how to limit their powers." --USA Today "Jones has brought the Plantagenets out of the shadows, revealing them in all their epic heroism and depravity. His is an engaging and readable account . . . researched with exacting standards. [A] compelling reading." --The Washington Post "Outstanding. Majestic in its sweep, compelling in its storytelling, this is narrative history at its best. A thrilling dynastic history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery, and brutal warfare across two centuries of British history." --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin "Some of the greatest stories in all of English history . . . rich in pageantry and soaked in blood." --Lewis Lapham, Lapham''s Quarterly "Dan Jones''s epic portrait of the medieval royals is a timely reminder that things haven''t always been so rosy for those on the throne." --GQ Praise for Dan Jones''s The Wars of the Roses: "Exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history . . . Thrilling. There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skillful piece of storytelling." --The Sunday Telegraph "An engrossing read and thoroughly enjoyable." --The Spectator "If you''re a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors, then Dan Jones'' swashbucklingly entertaining slice of medieval history will be right up your alley. . . . Every bit as entertaining and readable as his previous blockbuster The Plantagenets ." --Daily Express "Jones is a born storyteller, peopling the terrifying uncertainties of each moment with a superbly drawn cast of characters and powerfully evoking the brutal realities of civil war." --The Evening Standard "Jones tells a good story. That is a good thing, since storytelling has gone out of favor among so many historians. . . . His delightful wit is as ferocious as the dreadful violence he describes." -- The Times (London) Praise for Dan Jones''s Magna Carta: "Lively and excellent." --The New York Times "Excellent and very well crafted." --The New York Review of Books "Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." --Antonia Frasier, Praise for Dan Jones's Magna Carta: "Lively and excellent." --The New York Times "Excellent and very well crafted." --The New York Review of Books "Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." --Antonia Frasier Praise for Dan Jones's The Plantagenets: "A real life Game of Thrones, as dramatic and blood-soaked as any work of fantasy . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw." --The Wall Street Journal " The Plantagenets is rich in detail and scene-setting. . . . The Plantagenets' saga is the story of how English monarchs learned, or failed to learn, how to be kings, and how the English people, commoners and barons alike, learned how to limit their powers." --USA Today "Jones has brought the Plantagenets out of the shadows, revealing them in all their epic heroism and depravity. His is an engaging and readable account . . . researched with exacting standards. [A] compelling reading." --The Washington Post "Outstanding. Majestic in its sweep, compelling in its storytelling, this is narrative history at its best. A thrilling dynastic history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery, and brutal warfare across two centuries of British history." --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin "Some of the greatest stories in all of English history . . . rich in pageantry and soaked in blood." --Lewis Lapham, Lapham's Quarterly "Dan Jones's epic portrait of the medieval royals is a timely reminder that things haven't always been so rosy for those on the throne." --GQ Praise for Dan Jones's The Wars of the Roses: "Exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history . . . Thrilling. There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skillful piece of storytelling." --The Sunday Telegraph "An engrossing read and thoroughly enjoyable." --The Spectator "If you're a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors, then Dan Jones' swashbucklingly entertaining slice of medieval history will be right up your alley. . . . Every bit as entertaining and readable as his previous blockbuster The Plantagenets ." --Daily Express "Jones is a born storyteller, peopling the terrifying uncertainties of each moment with a superbly drawn cast of characters and powerfully evoking the brutal realities of civil war." --The Evening Standard "Jones tells a good story. That is a good thing, since storytelling has gone out of favor among so many historians. . . . His delightful wit is as ferocious as the dreadful violence he describes." -- The Times (London), Praise for Dan Jones's The Plantagenets: "A real life Game of Thrones, as dramatic and blood-soaked as any work of fantasy . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw." --The Wall Street Journal " The Plantagenets is rich in detail and scene-setting. . . . The Plantagenets' saga is the story of how English monarchs learned, or failed to learn, how to be kings, and how the English people, commoners and barons alike, learned how to limit their powers." --USA Today "Jones has brought the Plantagenets out of the shadows, revealing them in all their epic heroism and depravity. His is an engaging and readable account . . . researched with exacting standards. [A] compelling reading." --The Washington Post "Outstanding. Majestic in its sweep, compelling in its storytelling, this is narrative history at its best. A thrilling dynastic history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery, and brutal warfare across two centuries of British history." --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin "Some of the greatest stories in all of English history . . . rich in pageantry and soaked in blood." --Lewis Lapham, Lapham's Quarterly "Dan Jones's epic portrait of the medieval royals is a timely reminder that things haven't always been so rosy for those on the throne." --GQ Praise for Dan Jones's The Wars of the Roses: "Exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history . . . Thrilling. There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skillful piece of storytelling." --The Sunday Telegraph "An engrossing read and thoroughly enjoyable." --The Spectator "If you're a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors, then Dan Jones' swashbucklingly entertaining slice of medieval history will be right up your alley. . . . Every bit as entertaining and readable as his previous blockbuster The Plantagenets ." --Daily Express "Jones is a born storyteller, peopling the terrifying uncertainties of each moment with a superbly drawn cast of characters and powerfully evoking the brutal realities of civil war." --The Evening Standard "Jones tells a good story. That is a good thing, since storytelling has gone out of favor among so many historians. . . . His delightful wit is as ferocious as the dreadful violence he describes." -- The Times (London) Praise for Dan Jones's Magna Carta: "Lively and excellent." --The New York Times "Excellent and very well crafted." --The New York Review of Books "Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." --Antonia Frasier, "A fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger, featuring a cast of exuberantly monstrous sword swingers spattering Christian and Islamic blood from Spain to Jerusalem." -- Simon Sebag Montefiore author of Jerusalem: The Biography "Dan Jones has created a gripping page-turner out of the dramatic history of the Templars, from their spiritual warrior beginnings until their tragic destruction by the French king and the pope. It is genuinely moving and a chilling contemporary warning about the abuse of power through persecution and lies." -- Philippa Gregory, author of The White Queen "The story of the Templars, the ultimate holy warriors, is an extraordinary saga of fanaticism, bravery, treachery and betrayal, and in Dan Jones they have a worthy chronicler. Templars is a wonderful book!" -- Bernard Cornwell, author of The Last Kingdom Praise for Dan Jones''s The Plantagenets: "A real life Game of Thrones, as dramatic and blood-soaked as any work of fantasy . . . Fast-paced and accessible, The Plantagenets is old-fashioned storytelling and will be particularly appreciated by those who like their history red in tooth and claw." --The Wall Street Journal " The Plantagenets is rich in detail and scene-setting. . . . The Plantagenets'' saga is the story of how English monarchs learned, or failed to learn, how to be kings, and how the English people, commoners and barons alike, learned how to limit their powers." --USA Today "Jones has brought the Plantagenets out of the shadows, revealing them in all their epic heroism and depravity. His is an engaging and readable account . . . researched with exacting standards. [A] compelling reading." --The Washington Post "Outstanding. Majestic in its sweep, compelling in its storytelling, this is narrative history at its best. A thrilling dynastic history of royal intrigues, violent skullduggery, and brutal warfare across two centuries of British history." --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin "Some of the greatest stories in all of English history . . . rich in pageantry and soaked in blood." --Lewis Lapham, Lapham''s Quarterly "Dan Jones''s epic portrait of the medieval royals is a timely reminder that things haven''t always been so rosy for those on the throne." --GQ Praise for Dan Jones''s The Wars of the Roses: "Exhilarating, epic, blood-and-roses history . . . Thrilling. There is fine scholarly intuition on display here and a mastery of the grand narrative; it is a supremely skillful piece of storytelling." --The Sunday Telegraph "An engrossing read and thoroughly enjoyable." --The Spectator "If you''re a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors, then Dan Jones'' swashbucklingly entertaining slice of medieval history will be right up your alley. . . . Every bit as entertaining and readable as his previous blockbuster The Plantagenets ." --Daily Express "Jones is a born storyteller, peopling the terrifying uncertainties of each moment with a superbly drawn cast of characters and powerfully evoking the brutal realities of civil war." --The Evening Standard "Jones tells a good story. That is a good thing, since storytelling has gone out of favor among so many historians. . . . His delightful wit is as ferocious as the dreadful violence he describes." -- The Times (London) Praise for Dan Jones''s Magna Carta: "Lively and excellent." --The New York Times "Excellent and very well crafted." --The New York Review of Books "Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." --Antonia Frasier
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271.7913
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"Dan Jones is an entertainer, but also a bona fide historian. Seldom does one find serious scholarship so easy to read." - The Times , Book of the Year A New York Times bestseller, this major new history of the knights Templar is " a fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger" - Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem A faltering war in the middle east. A band of elite warriors determined to fight to the death to protect Christianity's holiest sites. A global financial network unaccountable to any government. A sinister plot founded on a web of lies. Jerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking a purpose in the violent aftermath of the First Crusade decides to set up a new order. These are the first Knights Templar, a band of elite warriors prepared to give their lives to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Over the next two hundred years, the Templars would become the most powerful religious order of the medieval world. Their legend has inspired fervent speculation ever since. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Dan Jones tells the true story of the Templars for the first time in a generation, drawing on extensive original sources to build a gripping account of these Christian holy warriors whose heroism and alleged depravity have been shrouded in myth. The Templars were protected by the pope and sworn to strict vows of celibacy. They fought the forces of Islam in hand-to-hand combat on the sun-baked hills where Jesus lived and died, finding their nemesis in Saladin, who vowed to drive all Christians from the lands of Islam. Experts at channeling money across borders, they established the medieval world's largest and most innovative banking network and waged private wars against anyone who threatened their interests. Then, as they faced setbacks at the hands of the ruthless Mamluk sultan Baybars and were forced to retreat to their stronghold in Cyprus, a vindictive and cash-strapped King of France set his sights on their fortune. His administrators quietly mounted a damning case against the Templars, built on deliberate lies and false testimony. On Friday October 13, 1307, hundreds of brothers were arrested, imprisoned and tortured, and the order was disbanded amid lurid accusations of sexual misconduct and heresy. They were tried by the Pope in secret proceedings and their last master was brutally tortured and burned at the stake. But were they heretics or victims of a ruthlessly repressive state? Dan Jones goes back to the sources tobring their dramatic tale, so relevant to our own times, to life in a book that is at once authoritative and compulsively readable., "Dan Jones is an entertainer, but also a bona fide historian. Seldom does one find serious scholarship so easy to read." - The Times , Book of the Year A New York Times bestseller, this major new history of the knights Templar is "a fresh, muscular and compelling history of the ultimate military-religious crusading order, combining sensible scholarship with narrative swagger" - Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem A faltering war in the middle east. A band of elite warriors determined to fight to the death to protect Christianity's holiest sites. A global financial network unaccountable to any government. A sinister plot founded on a web of lies. Jerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking a purpose in the violent aftermath of the First Crusade decides to set up a new order. These are the first Knights Templar, a band of elite warriors prepared to give their lives to protect Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Over the next two hundred years, the Templars would become the most powerful religious order of the medieval world. Their legend has inspired fervent speculation ever since. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Dan Jones tells the true story of the Templars for the first time in a generation, drawing on extensive original sources to build a gripping account of these Christian holy warriors whose heroism and alleged depravity have been shrouded in myth. The Templars were protected by the pope and sworn to strict vows of celibacy. They fought the forces of Islam in hand-to-hand combat on the sun-baked hills where Jesus lived and died, finding their nemesis in Saladin, who vowed to drive all Christians from the lands of Islam. Experts at channeling money across borders, they established the medieval world's largest and most innovative banking network and waged private wars against anyone who threatened their interests. Then, as they faced setbacks at the hands of the ruthless Mamluk sultan Baybars and were forced to retreat to their stronghold in Cyprus, a vindictive and cash-strapped King of France set his sights on their fortune. His administrators quietly mounted a damning case against the Templars, built on deliberate lies and false testimony. On Friday October 13, 1307, hundreds of brothers were arrested, imprisoned and tortured, and the order was disbanded amid lurid accusations of sexual misconduct and heresy. They were tried by the Pope in secret proceedings and their last master was brutally tortured and burned at the stake. But were they heretics or victims of a ruthlessly repressive state? Dan Jones goes back to the sources tobring their dramatic tale, so relevant to our own times, to life in a book that is at once authoritative and compulsively readable.
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CR4743.J66 2017
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