by Jack Whyte
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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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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Excellent, 2008-11-20
I have really enjoyed this book. The author describes vividly and accurately the perilous conditions in which the Western Knights travelled to Outremer and the difficulties they encountered once they were there. The stratagems the Brotherhood use in order to maintain secrecy about the real nature of their presence in Outremer makes the book a gripping read.
Jack White seems to have based his novel (or part of it anyway) on solid research. He does not portray Christianity in a flattering light, to say the least, which I one of the aspects of the book I liked the most (I am not a religious person, and most definitely not a Christian). His writing style is not superb but engaging nevertheless. Honestly, I had a hard time putting the book down. I recommended it to my husband who liked it too.
I am looking forward to reading the second one in the series.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Struggles, 2008-10-01
Part of me thinks this should get 2 stars but I found the subject matter compelling. The book has some serious flaws, however. White struggles throughout to find a story. The narrative is disjointed and seems meandering at times with little relevance. The characters are somewhat flat and others are gratuitous. (Really, what was the point of the nymphomaniac princess?).
Anyway, KotWaB is not the best-written novel but at least it moves quickly (especially when you skim through the many pointless sections). The conclusion was somewhat of a let-down (which is not remedied in the second book of the series; it jumps way ahead into the future). The second book is a little bit better (although the same problems exist). Skip this book and read "Standard of Honor"; you won't miss anything important.
Not recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Could have been 2 seperate books, 2008-09-26
I am a big fan of Knights Templar and the history and legends behind them. I have read numerous books chronicling there history and beliefs and treasures, so I decided to give this book a chance and see how it went. Now this is the first Jack Whyte book I have read. I have to say that my honest opinion to Templar fans is to stay as far away from this book as possible. The characters seem to start out with a solid story and history, but are then all forgotten about. We learn all about Hugh De Payne's childhood and friendships and indoctrination into the secret society, then 200 pages later he barely has a part in the story any longer and you are left trying to figure out if you are still reading the same book you started. The characters all change (which is almost hard to believe seeing that all of the characters could have been interchangeable, none of them seemed to have their own personality), and we are now into a story about a young knight and the princess who has a bizarre yet uninteresting secret desire for him. The other problem with this book is the Christianity bashing; it sometimes seems that Mr. Whyte just wrote this book so that he would have a platform to blame Catholics and Christians for all of the world's problems. Just look at how all of the evil Christian priest act in this novel and how noble the anti-Christian monks are. My suggestion is to avoid this book if you can-I made it almost 400 pages before I realized how much time I had wasted on this novel...For a good Templar novel check out Robyn Young's trilogy.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Jack Whyte continues his streak, 2008-09-07
Jack Whyte continues his streak of wonderful historical novels! This series on the Templars is every bit as good as his Arthurian "Once and Future King". Highly recommended!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Great new work, , 2008-08-29
I hope this work is the first in a new series ?? Thank you Jack !!
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