[FateAmenableToChange]

I do concede that much non-historical ink has been spilt on behalf of (or in repudiation of) the Templars, but they did in fact exist.

Sure, there was an organization that was founded during the first or second crusade, built its headquarters on the holy sepulcher in Jerusalem, got really rich doing that, became a power back in europe, got mostly killed in france by Phillip, and then disappeared. Everything after their disappearance as an order, though, is pure fantasy. Even though the freemasons claim to have derived from the KT, there's no historical proof of that either. I've read the books and they make great historical romance reading.

[Xenalyte]

Sure, there was an organization that was founded during the first or second crusade, built its headquarters on the holy sepulcher in Jerusalem, got really rich doing that, became a power back in europe, got mostly killed in france by Phillip, and then disappeared. Everything after their disappearance as an order, though, is pure fantasy. Even though the freemasons claim to have derived from the KT, there's no historical proof of that either. I've read the books and they make great historical romance reading.

You're right, and you said it better than I did. Glad someone else thinks these books are intriguing and good reading!

[Redleg Duke]

Your synopsis indicates that if you indeed read the books, you didn't retain much.

I politely suggest you reread (or read for the first time), "Born in Blood". The Author, Robinson, was an excellent historian and scholar and no, wasn't a Mason when he researched and wrote the book.