The New Knighthood : A History of the Order of the Temple

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Summary: Great book wonderfully researched...
Review: This is an amazing book concerning the Knight Templars. Malcomb Barber is certainly one of the foremost scholars on the subject and defends his ideas well in this wonderful work of research. Problematic however, with almost all English works is that it is dreadfully boring. The facts are good, the research is even better, but it is a hard read and definitly only for those truly interested in the history of the order. You must be quite the amateur or an historian in order to be able to complete reading this book. Reading this book is literally hard work, but it is very rewarding in the end. Seldom have I seen history books so well written and so well documented as this one. The author really knows what he's talking about and that is definitly the feeling you get while you're reading the book. All and all, if you want to read this book, you're going to have to sit down and take it slow, additionally you're going to have to accept that you will be putting this book down and picking it back up. After having read and understood this book, you will have a fairly good understanding and basis in Templar history.