Rise and fall of the Knights Templar From: Evening Standard - London | Date: February 7, 2000| Author: MARCUS BULL | Copyright 2000 Evening Standard - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

THE TEMPLARS by Piers Paul Read (Weidenfeld, 20)

The burning of the Templars.

IT is nearly seven centuries since the Knights Templar passed from the scene, but they continue to exert a powerful appeal. Nowadays many of our most cherished images of the Middle Ages are built around people who never existed - the likes of King Arthur and Robin Hood. But the Templars were very real, and this is the basis of both their fascination and the many misconceptions that surround them.

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