Book description
The Knights Templar were the most powerful military religious order
of the Middle Ages. Formed to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land, they
participated in the Crusades and rapidly gained wealth, lands and
influence and were answerable to none save the Pope himselffirst
bankers, and invented the modern banking system that is still in use
today, and were also involved in exploration and engineering.
Sean Martin worked in the book trade for many years. He is now a
writer and film-maker with a particular interest in the history and
symbolism of alchemy. He has just directed his first feature film.
