| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0306810719 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780306810718 |
| No of pages | 384 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | W&N |
| Published Date | 06 Nov 2003 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0306810719 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780306810718 |
| No of pages | 384 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | W&N |
| Published Date | 06 Nov 2003 |
British novelist and non-fiction writer. Educated at the Benedictines' Ample forth College, and subsequently entered St John's College, University of Cambridge where he received his BA and MA (history). Artist-in-Residence at the Ford Foundation in Berlin (1963-4), Harkness Fellow, Commonwealth Fund, New York (1967-8), member of the Council of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (1971-5), member of the Literature Panel at the Arts Council, (1975-7), and Adjunct Professor of Writing, Columbia University, New York (1980). From 1992-7 he was Chairman of the Catholic Writers' Guild. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL).His most well-known work is the non-fiction Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (1974), an account of the aftermath of a plane crash in the Andes, later adapted as a film.
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The dramatic, ultimately tragic history of the Knights Templar, the largest and most powerful military order of the Crusades. Sifting myth from history, Piers Paul Read reveals the Templars - the multinational force of warrior monks, in their white tunics with red crosses over chainmail. They were not only unique among Christian institutions but constituted the first uniformed standing army in the western world and became pioneers of international banking.
Expropriated by Philip IV of France in 1307, and confessing under torture to blasphemy, heresy and sodomy, the Order was finally suppressed by Pope Clement V in 1312. In a narrative that incorporates the story of the crusades and the many colorful characters who had links with the Templars, Piers Paul Read examines the question of their guilt and identifies their relevance to our own times.