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Knights
at the Bookshelf
By
Sir Knight Stephen Dafoe
A Review of The Knights Templar by Sean Martin
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Pocket Essentials
ISBN: 1560256451
Poet, filmmaker, and writer are
but three of the hats worn
by Sean Martin, author of
The Knights Templar: The History and
Myths of the Legendary Military Order.
This latest entry from Pocket Essentials
is the third book in the series
to be penned by Martin. His previous
two contributions were The Black
Death and Alchemy and Alchemists.
It is said that big things come in small
packages and, with respect to Martin’s
Templar offering, this saying could not be
truer. Although only 160 pages in length
including bibliography, Martin offers his
reader more information on the history
and mystery of the Templars than many
books twice its length.
With a filmmaker’s vision, Martin
plays out the story of the Knights Templar,
scene by scene, from their humble
beginnings to their powerful status in
Christendom and onward through their
demise in the 14 th century.
Martin spends the remainder of
the book rehearsing the many theories
concerning what are referred to
knight templar
as “Templar Mysteries.”
There are few books that delve into
the factual and the fanciful impressions
left by the Order of the Temple. Utilizing
the works of orthodox historians as well
as speculative authors, Martin tells the
story that one never grows tired of reading;
the story of the greatest monastic
order that ever was.
Sir Knight Stephen Dafoe is a freelance
writer, author, and publisher who lives in
Alberta, Canada. He is Past Grand Historian
of the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada
and is currently serving on the editorial
review board of the Knight Templar magazine.
He is author of Nobly Born: An Illustrated
History of the Knights Templar and
The Compasses and the Cross: A History of
the Masonic Knights Templar. He also coauthored
The Warriors and the Bankers and
The Knights Templar Revealed. He is the
founder of TemplarHistory.com.
PO Box 3135
Morinville, Alberta
T8R 1S1
author@stephendafoe.com
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