{"product_id":"templars","title":"Templars","description":"\u003cp\u003eDan Jones narrates in his inimitably vivid and authoritative fashion the remarkable story of the Knights Templar. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Exhilarating, epic, sword-swinging history''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Jones is certainly an entertainer, but also a fine historian who knows how to render serious scholarship into accessible prose''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Another triumphant tale from a historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘When it comes to rip-roaring medieval narratives, Jones has few peers, and in the Templars he finds the perfect subject''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful – and most secretive – of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir story – encompassing as it does the greatest international conflict of the Middle Ages, a network of international finance, a swift rise in wealth and influence followed by a bloody and humiliating fall – has left a comet''s tail of mystery that continues to fascinate and inspire historians, novelists and conspiracy theorists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316589535614,"sku":"NW9781781858929","price":11.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781781858929.jpg?v=1778685495","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/templars","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}