Book 13 - Piers Paul Read "The Templars"
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jazzy_davePiers Paul Read "The Templars" (Phoenix)
This book is popular fiction, which the author clearly states in the preface. That being said, the book read like a general overview of the Crusades, with occasional references to the Templars thrown in. The first section provided a good overview of the three Abrahamic faiths and the reason why the Temple was so important. Read is a novelist and the style of this book was like a novel; he's not an academic historian and it would not be fair to compare him to them. The book was readable and kept a pretty decent pace, but some of his statements seemed quite contradictory to things I've read in other books. In conclusion, a good overview of religious backgrounds for the Crusades, and of the key events of the Crusades, but it seemed rather lacking on the Templars themselves.
This book is popular fiction, which the author clearly states in the preface. That being said, the book read like a general overview of the Crusades, with occasional references to the Templars thrown in. The first section provided a good overview of the three Abrahamic faiths and the reason why the Temple was so important. Read is a novelist and the style of this book was like a novel; he's not an academic historian and it would not be fair to compare him to them. The book was readable and kept a pretty decent pace, but some of his statements seemed quite contradictory to things I've read in other books. In conclusion, a good overview of religious backgrounds for the Crusades, and of the key events of the Crusades, but it seemed rather lacking on the Templars themselves.
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