Templar Novel

by Jack Whyte 3 books in this series

The Templar trilogy follows members of the St. Clair family and a secret brotherhood whose history is bound to the rise and destruction of the Knights Templar. Beginning in the aftermath of the First Crusade, the sequence moves through the disasters of Hattin and the Third Crusade before reaching Philip IV’s assault on the order in 1307.

The novels combine crusading warfare, religious politics and conspiracy with the practical problems of preserving men, wealth and knowledge across generations. Their fictional inner order allows Jack Whyte to connect the Templars’ foundation, their military power in the Holy Land and their possible survival in Scotland during the Wars of Independence.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

1. Knights of the Black and White

Jack Whyte

3.8(5,271)

After the First Crusade, Hugh de Payens returns from the Holy Land disillusioned by the violence committed in the name of faith. He belongs to an older, secret brotherhood of noble families that believes a dangerous body of knowledge lies beneath the Temple Mount and that…

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2. Standard of Honor

Jack Whyte

4.0(2,249)

After the crusader army is destroyed at Hattin in 1187, the wounded Templar Alexander Sinclair escapes the execution of captured knights by concealing his identity. Two years later, Richard I prepares to lead the Third Crusade, and the St. Clair family is again drawn east through…

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3. Order in Chaos

Jack Whyte

4.1(1,995)

On 13 October 1307, Philip IV orders the arrest of the Knights Templar throughout France and seizes their property. Forewarned, William St. Clair escapes with a body of knights, the order’s treasure and Lady Jessica Randolph, while those left behind face imprisonment, interrogation and the destruction…

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