Templars

Did the Knights Templar really disappear? And with them, their famous treasure? Was the curse uttered by the last Grand Master at the stake fulfilled? Are the Templars the predecessors of the Freemasons? Traces of the Knights Templar and the battles they fought in the Holy Land alongside the Crusaders can be found from the time of the First Crusade, but the birth of the order is as mysterious as its fall. Xavier Hélary guides the reader through the history of the Knights Templar from the time of its real power in the Middle Ages – mainly thanks to the protection of the Pope – to the false accusations spread by the French King Philip the Fair to bring about the order's downfall. In his book, Hélary also attempts to separate fact from fiction and to clarify the legends surrounding the order, which are regularly brought to life by cinema and literature.