To win a copy of my new Templar book – The Knights Templar: History & Mystery – go to Goodreads now and enter my giveaway competition. There are five copies of the book being given away free to lucky Templar fans. If you win a copy of my book, you will learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Knights Templar.
Click HERE to go to the Goodreads giveaway page. The Knights Templar: History & Mystery is published by Pen & Sword and is the first in a trilogy of books I’m writing about this order of holy warriors.
This is the first instalment and it details the history of the knights from their origins through to the trials and executions that destroyed them. The second book, Downfall of the Templars, will go into much more detail about the trials and what happened next to the Templars – did they survive in some form? The third book will examine the relationship between the Knights Templar and Freemasonry.
The reviews for the book have started to appear on Instagram, Amazon, and other sites. Here’s one below that’s pretty indicative of the positive feedback I’ve been getting.
These are the highlights of what to expect in the book:
◦ Did the Knights Templar find the Holy Grail – and is it hidden?
◦ How did the Knights Templar get so rich, so quickly?
◦ The secret initiation rites of the Templars revealed!
◦ The amazing battle tactics of the Templars in the Crusades.
◦ Why were the Knights Templar crushed so brutally?
The Knights Templar have fascinated us for centuries. They were holy warriors who fought with incredible bravery in the Crusades but were then destroyed by their own side. In battle they were the bravest knights – first on the battlefield and the last to quit. Charging towards the enemy with their white cloaks emblazoned with the red cross of martyrdom.
Every young man in medieval Europe yearned to be a Knight Templar.
DISCOVER: Where are the Knights Templar today?
The reality, though, could be tough. Battles fought against fearsome foes sometimes resulted in terrible defeat with a huge loss of life. The Templars were always the target of jealousy and hatred because of their military prowess, financial acumen, and strict organisation. Eventually, their enemies got the better of them. Not the Saracens they had fought in the Holy Land, but kings and bishops back home.
The Templars were accused of bizarre initiation rituals and heretical beliefs. Many were executed for the sole crime of being a Templar. But their memory was not extinguished. It has endured. Today, millions of people still want to understand the history and mystery of the Knights Templar. Is it true they possessed the Holy Grail? Why were they destroyed so brutally?
This book sets out to find the answers.
