The Knight Templar event at the Bradford Literature Festival chaired by Remona Aly with speakers Helen Nicholson and Tony McMahon was a huge success on 30 June 2018
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Tags: author, book, Bradford, Cardiff, crusade, festival, Helen Nicholson, history, knight, Literature, mcmahon, medieval, movies, mystery, Quest for the True Cross, Remona Aly, secret, studies, Templar, treasure, university, Watersone's, Waterstones
On 30 June, 2018, I’ll be speaking at a special event at the Bradford Literature Festival discussing the Knights Templar with medieval expert Professor Helen Nicholson and broadcaster Remona Aly will be in the chair. Expect a lively debate on…
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Tags: 2018, author, books, Bradford, buried, channel, festival, history, Knightfall, knights, Literature, mcmahon, medieval, mystery, news, Nicholson, Remona Aly, templars, today
It’s been reported that the thugs of ISIS have blown up an 800 year old mosque built during the Crusades by Nur ad-Din, a Saracen ruler described during his lifetime as a scourge of the crusader armies. Up until recently,…
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Tags: al-Din, al-Nuri, Bertrand, Blanquefort, crusades, Daesh, destroyed, destruction, iraq, ISIS, mosque, Mosul, Nur ad-Din, saladin
The walking dead in the Middle Ages
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The former Templar stronghold of Acre in modern Israel has been throwing up some interesting discoveries of late. Templar treasure? A team from Haifa University found the wreck of a long lost crusader ship in the bay with a horde…
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Tags: Acre, bay, crusade, crusaders, discovery, gold, Haifa, israel, ship, Templar, Templar knights, Teutonic, university
The news that Karak castle in Jordan had been attacked by members of the so-called Islamic State is horrifying and shocking. Much worse that a Canadian tourist, Linda Vatcher, was killed in the skirmish along with members of the Jordanian…
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Tags: Aleppo, Christmas, ISIL, ISIS, jordan, karak, Kerak, knights templar, Krak des Chevaliers, Palmyra, syria, Templar, terrorist
Five books that transport you back to the world of the Knights Templar – capturing the sense of time and place, bringing to life the mysteries and secrets. Which novels should you be taking on your summer holidays? Here’s some…
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Tags: adventure, book, books, Brethren, fiction, goodreads, Jan Gillou, Khoury, Knight Templar, medieval, Michael Jecks, middle ages, mystery, novel, novels, Templar, Whyte
Split is a very unusual city. The whole downtown area was once the purpose built Roman palace of the emperor Diocletian. He was the only emperor to ever retire from the office and went to spend his last days living…
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Tags: CGI, croatia, Dubrovnik, game, game of thrones, HBO, location, medieval, Shame, Split, Thrones
Game of Thrones locations I visited in Dubrovnik during my 2016 visit
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Five key places mentioned in the Templar novel Quest for the True Cross by Tony McMahon
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Tags: Abelard, barn, bernard, Clairvaux, Cressing Temple, cross, Dome, Edessa, essex, history, hotspot, jerusalem, knight, knights, lignum crucis, London, medieval, quest, Quest for the True Cross, Rock, saint, Templar, templars, Temple, today, tony mcmahon, True Cross, Witham
