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Frale, Barbara
Geburtstag
1970
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
Italy
Wohnorte
Viterbo, Italy
Ausbildung
University of Venice (Ph.D.)
Berufe
Historian of the Vatican Secret Archives

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Mostly good basic background on who the Knight Templars were and how they started and ended. I still want to learn more. I'm pretty sure there is no real connection to modern groups who use the name and the ancient one that started with the Crusades and ended about 1312. There are a lot of crazy legends out there!
 
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kslade | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 8, 2022 |
Not a literary classic but you never know whether to blame translator, the author, or both. However, this is the first Templar book without any mystical Dan Brown sort of conspiracy theory through the ages bullshit. It’s just the facts. Frale has a bias towards the Vatican side of things but she doesn’t gloss over the blemishes in the Military Orders. The Templars are revealed for what they are, a holy military order. They were the best of a rotten lot of Crusaders. If you were a woman or child you would much rather face a Templar or Hospitaler than the average Frankish Crusader, if you know what I mean.

In short a good book if you want the basic facts and no fantasy.

Before I go, Frale points out that many modern “societies” claim descent from the Templars, who’s first vows were celibacy and poverty. When was the last time you saw a Shriner or Mason that was celibate and destitute?
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Gumbywan | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 24, 2022 |
Notre Dame holds a special place in my heart. When I visited it in 2014, it took my breath away. When it burned in 2019, the world lost a treasure.

This book is part apocalyptic - with the Antichrist prophesied to come from the tunnels below Notre Dame - but mostly political thriller.

It was fun to read a book that was set outside of the usual time periods. The downside to not being familiar with this period in history is that the characters started to blend together at times. Dante (the author of Dante’s Inferno) was the only character I’d heard of before. The author extensively researched this period, and at times gave more history than was necessary.

This author was at her best when describing the love triangle between Joan of Navarre, the king and Matilda. I wish we had a little more of that.

King Phillip seeks the return of a physician who holds the key to solve his biggest problem - which isn’t what it seems at first. But that physician has taken refuge with the Pope, who is not friendly to the King. Many men seek to try to solve it, but in the end, it’s a woman who triumphs.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Asingrey | Aug 11, 2020 |
Scorrevole e interessante, senza essere appassionante
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zinf | Aug 14, 2019 |

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