Knights Templar: A Secret History - Couverture souple

Davis, Graeme

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1782004092 ISBN 13 : 9781782004097

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Born in the dark days of the great crusades, the warrior monks of the Knights Templar vowed to defend pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. Yet strangely, there are few historical records of the Templars ever fulfilling this task. Instead, their history is one of bloodshed and conquest, wealth and power, dark secrets and conspiracies. Today, the story of the Knights Templar is intimately linked with the story of the Holy Grail. But what exactly is this ancient artifact, and how has it been used to manipulate history for the last one thousand years? This book, based on the notes of the recently deceased historian, Dr. Emile Fouchet, attempts to unlock the secrets of the Knights Templar. It begins with an examination of their historical origins, their growth in the early middle-ages, and their supposed destruction under the charges of heresy. From there, it uses the clues left by the Templars themselves to reconstruct their secret journeys as they moved the Holy Grail from Europe to the New World and back. It also charts the secret, three-way war that is still being fought between the Templars, the Freemasons, and the Catholic Church. Finally, the book reveals the greatest of all Templar conspiracies, the attempt to found a new world order under the auspices of the European Union.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Graeme Davis became hooked on myth and folklore after seeing Ray Harryhausen's Jason and the Argonauts on his parents' black-and-white TV. He studied archaeology (with an unofficial minor on Dungeons & Dragons) at England's Durham University before going to Games Workshop to help develop Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and other games. He has written extensively for tabletop roleplaying games and contributed to over 40 electronic games as a writer and game designer. He loves historical and historical-fantasy settings and knows a worrying amount about monsters. He blogs at graemedavis.wordpress.com, tweets at @GraemeJDavis, and has a Facebook author page at https://www.facebook.com/Graeme-Davis-276379857250

Born and raised in Malaysia, Darren Tan grew up drawing spaceships, dinosaurs and the stuff of his imagination, which was fuelled by movies and computer games. Following a brief stint in 3D animation, Darren now works as a freelance illustrator.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782004092
• ISBN 13: 9781782004097
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Tan Darren
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland Limited, Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland Limited; productsafety@bloomsbury.com; ; 29 Earlsfort Terrace; Dublin 2; D02 AY28; Irlande