Knights of the Black and White

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Jack Whyte: Knights of the Black and White (2006, G.P. Putnam's)

548 pages

English language

Published Dec. 17, 2006 by G.P. Putnam's.

ISBN:
978-0-399-15396-9
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OCLC Number:
70821173

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A brother of the Order-a medieval secret society uniting noble families in a sacred bond-Sir Hugh de Payens has emerged from the First Crusade a broken man seeking to dedicate his life to God. But the Order has other plans for him: to uncover a deadly secret that could shatter the very might of the Church itself.

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reviewed Knights of the Black and White by Jack Whyte (The Templar trilogy -- bk. 1)

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I found this one heavy on the info-dumping exposition and a bit lighter on character development than I would have liked. In some places it read as if the characters were reciting pages from a research paper rather than having a conversation, interspersed with bits of fighting and plot. Not really up to [author: Jack Whyte]'s standards as demonstrated by his Camulod series, in my opinion, but it was a diverting read, and brought up some interesting thoughts about the Templars, which I intend to research (in a much more academic way than reading novels).

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  • Crusades -- Fiction