01779cam a2200313 4500 1022371481 TxAuBib 20120322120000.0 060908s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780399153969 0399153969 (OCoLC)780026937 7512 7512 7512 TxAuBib Whyte, Jack, 1940- Knights of the Black and White : book one of the Templar trilogy / Jack Whyte. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. xii, 548 p. ; 24 cm. Templar trilogy ; ; 1 "A Templar novel". "First published in Canada by Penguin Group"--T.p. verso. In 1088, young knight Hugh de Payens is initiated into the secret Order of the Rebirth of Sion, who believe the Christian Church to be "an invalid creation... built upon a myth." Founded by Jewish families fleeing the Romans, the Order believes that the truth about Jesus and the founding of Christianity lie buried beneath the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. When Pope Urban calls for a Holy Crusade to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims, the Order sees an opportunity to perhaps retrieve those ancient documents and sends Sir Hugh and others to join the Crusaders. After the bloody fall of Jerusalem, Sir Hugh establishes a new order of warrior monks as a cover for the excavation of the Temple Mount, and the race is on to find the hidden treasure, if it exists, before their activities are discovered. 20060908. Templars Fiction. Crusades Fiction. Adventure fiction. Historical fiction. Templar trilogy ; ; 1. TXNES