The Fall of the Templars

What a great end to a great series. I really enjoyed this book. Robyn Young is a very good writer and her three books in this series have lots of action and a lively pace. I enjoyed all the details about how life must have been back in the Templar period. Its sad to think that all these years later we're still controlled by church and state. Even sadder to think that we're still over in the Mid east killing Muslims. We really havent come that far have we? Anyway I highly recommend starting with the first book and following the life of Will and the other characters all the way thru. Engrossing!

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I loved this trilogy. Young has a talent for rich historical novels that are well written and well researched. I really like her character developments. I can't wait for her next book. I wanted this book so bad I actually ordered the English/UK version ahead of its release in North America from London so I could give it to myself last Christmas. She is fantastic. Read all 3.

The Fall of the Templars is the third in a trilogy written by Robyn Young. This book, as well as the two previous in the series, was well written, beautifully detailed and historically correct and held my attention throughout the read. I am a fan of historic fiction, especially medieval times, and these books fit the bill in every way. I found them very informative in their detail of the life of a knight of the Templar Order. Through the eyes of the principle chararcter Will Campbell,I was able to see and feel the times and struggles of the efforts to regain the Holy Land. This final book tells of the demise of the order and details what may have caused the final chapter of a very important group of dedicated men to be written.Anyone fascinated with these times and places will enjoy these books.

After the crushing defeat at Acre and the failure to take Jerusalem (see BRETHREN and CRUSADE), Knight Templar Will Campbell returns to Europe to find a shocking new world order awaits him. Still depressed over the end of the Christian Kingdoms in the Holy Land, he finds monarchs at least as powerful as the Pope is. At the Templar main chapter in Paris, Will also learns that the French King Philippe is trying to take back the lands that belong to English King Edward I. To achieve his objective, Philippe signed a treaty with Scotland in which he provides them with money and arms so the Scots can occupy King Edward while France regains the occupied lands on the continent. Although he hates Edward, Will goes to England with two other Templars to meet with the monarch. His worst fears prove real when the Templars agree to fight the Scots; he objects and quits the order as an overt sign of his protestation. He remains in Scotland for years fighting against the English before finally returning to Paris where he hears of a plot by Philippe and his advisers to disband the Templars and seize their treasury and other assets. A betrayal by someone close to him leads to Will's capture and torture. Friends liberate him and he tries from the shadows to save the Templars. The third Last Days of the Templar saga covers the period between 1295 and 1314 in an entertaining educational story as the audience obtains a deep look at political and military intrigue in mostly England, but to a lesser degree in France and Scotland. The era is a time of tremendous tumultuous change as secular monarchs and the Papacy fight for control; the kings reject subservience to the Pope while the Holy See proclaims them as heretics. The research is meticulous as the story line is rich with flavoring, but what makes Robin Young's final entry in her brilliant young adult trilogy so good is the cast especially the beleaguered hero who bring alive the medieval events that changed the world setting up the cradle for the Renaissance. Harriet Klausner