{"product_id":"9781781858929","title":"The Templars","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Jones, Dan \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHumanities\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 March 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (Head of Zeus) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 512 pages, 2 X 8pp colour illustrations\u003cbr\u003e194 x 124 x 33 | 380g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the Knights Templar. 'Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history' TLS'Jones is certainly an entertainer, but also a fine historian who knows how to render serious scholarship into accessible prose' The Times'Another triumphant tale from a historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist' Observer'When it comes to rip-roaring medieval narratives, Jones has few peers, and in the Templars he finds the perfect subject' Sunday TimesThe Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful - and most secretive - of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491425567106,"sku":"9781781858929","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781781858929.jpg?v=1753746641","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9781781858929","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}