or the Knights Tem

Question: What is a good historically accurate book on the crusades and/or the Knights Templar!?

Both non-fiction and historical-fiction!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

First off if you really want to learn about BOTH the Crusades AND the Templers you'll want to read about them separately!.
The probelm with both is that you are going to run into a LOT of speculation!.
There are more religious books on both and more historical books on both!.
I just read Templar Revelation!. Pretty heavy duty stuff!. If you are looking for interesting facts and enjoyment, I would stay away from books like this!.
As for the Crusades!.!.!.!.you gotta remember, there were a LOT of Crusades over MANY years!.

Books I have enjoyed;

The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades by Piers Paul Read

The Knights Templar: The History and Myths by Sean Martin

The Knights Templar Chronology: Tracking History's Most Intriguing Monks by George Smart

An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar by James Wasserman

Knight Templar 1120-1312 by Helen Nicholson

A History of the Crusades Vol!. I, II, & III: The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem by Steven Runciman

God's War: A New History of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman

The New Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas Madden

And the FICTION books The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury & The Templar Legacy by Steve Barry
A GREAT science fiction/fantasy crusade crossover The High Crusade by Poul AndersonWww@QuestionHome@Com

The only thing to add to Muuinghan's great list (yes I mangled the answerer's name - - - - oops) is one of my favorite authors a Canadian named Thomas Costain here is a link to a biblio page or two!.!.

http://www!.fantasticfiction!.co!.uk/c/thom!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Thomas_B!._C!.!.!.

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