The last Templar

Description

The Knights TemplarThey had all joined taking three vows: poverty, chastity, and obedience...for they were monks: warrior monks, dedicated to theprotection of pilgrims in the Holy Land -- until stories spread by anavaricious king who wanted their wealth for his own destroyed the order.There was one knight, however, who escaped the stake, vowing justiceas he watched his innocent brothers die.In the Service of the LordSimon Puttock has not been bailiff of Lydford Castle long in this year of 1316, when he is called to a nearby village to examine a burned-out cottage and the dead body within. But it is the newly arrived knight, Sir Baldwin Furnshill, who discerns the deceased was no victim of a tragic mishap; he was, in fact, murdered prior to the blaze. Simon would be well-served by accepting further assistance from this astute, though haunted and secretive stranger. For a second fatal burning indicates that some harsh evil has invaded this once-peaceful place, and its hunger has yet to be sated.

First Sentence

Simon Puttock felt elated, but not without a certain trepidation, as he meandered along the road that led from Tiverton to Crediton, letting his horse take him at a slow walk as he thought about his new position.

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Genres

• Fiction

Other Editions

• The last Templar: the first Knights Templar mysteryAvon Books2005-01-01
• The Last TemplarHardcoverHeadline Book Publishing1995-03-09
• The Last Templar (A Medieval West Country Mystery)PaperbackTrafalgar Square Publishing1995-11-01
• The Last Templar (A Medieval West Country Mystery)Audio CassetteChivers Audio Books2003-02-28
• The Last Templar (Knights Templar series)Mass Market PaperbackAvon2004-12-28
• The Last Templar (Knights Templar series)Avon2004-12-28