{"product_id":"the-templars","title":"The Templars","description":"\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dan Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 April 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781781858929\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57692845375812,"sku":"9781781858929","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/8018\/7972\/files\/9781781858929.jpg?v=1794342162","url":"https:\/\/thehistoryshop.co.uk\/products\/the-templars","provider":"The History Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}