Books On Knights Templars

[beezaneez]

anyone know any good books on the topic, something which is not very complex and easily understood.

thanks

[rockyracoon]

My kids headmaster is a bit of an expert on the Knights Templar and he gave a fantastic talk a while ago. He has written books about it, I'll see if I can find anything.

[rockyracoon]

He has written a couple of books but they are in the form of a novel, I imagine they would be historically correct but might not be exactly what you're after.

[beezaneez]

even a novel sounds good ;-) if its a good story i do not mind, thanksyou

[jno]

any book on the crusades probably has a few pages on the Templars (and the Hospitallers - both orders were founded to protect non-military pilgrims to the Holy Land).

[sandyRoe]

They also guarded pilgrims in Spain. Here's a link to a picture of one of their castles, much restored, in Ponferrada on the route that pilgrims still walk to Santiago in Galicia.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=W0LjPmEL_U0lOM&tbnid=hJMoHUCCkJp9lM:&ved=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgeriandricky.maxwells.net.nz%2F2000%2F10%2F06%2Fponferradas-templar-castle%2F&ei=VGV2UtWNKcbP0QXc0YHICQ&psig=AFQjCNHQsAGoaXxPqN81T5Yb8m1VoccAfA&ust=1383577300717053

[jno]

they built a round church in London too

http://www.historvius.com/images/original/Temple-Church-2195.jpg

[SirOracle]

The most recent book - Aug 2013 - is " Secrets of The Knights Templar",written
by S J Hodge.
The ISBN is 9781782062714.
I hope this answers most of your questions.

[jno]

you can have a look inside that book here

http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Knights-Templar-S-Hodge/dp/1782062718