Crusade of Fire: Mystical Tales of the Knights Templar - Softcover

Deborah Turner Harris; Patricia Kennealy-Morrison; Debra Doyle; James D. Macdonald; Susan Shwartz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446610909 ISBN 13: 9780446610902

Publisher: Aspect, 2002

Synopsis

The Knights Templar were the fabled order of mystic warrior-monks supposedly disabanded more than seven centuries ago by the pope. Legends persist of their presence, and this collection of stories muse on the Knights' arrival at history's turning points to guide destiny in Good's eternal war against Evil. Original.

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From Booklist:

The third in Kurtz's series of anthologies exploring the legend of the Knights Templar is another treat for lovers of historical fantasy. Kurtz opens with her own almost straight historical piece about the origins of the Templars, and Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald close with a humorous piece about a couple of modern Templars finding an occult mystery in the ranks of Kipling fans. In between, Kurtz's frequent collaborator Deborah Turner Harris explores Richard the Lion-Hearted, Susan Shwartz adds a moving pendant to Scott's Ivanhoe, Robert Reginald involves the Templars in a historical mystery with William of Occam doing the detecting, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison introduces her extravagant Keltiad to the Templars (or vice versa), and so on. The authors are all competent and even expert handlers of historical milieus, and those offering the farther-out tales of the Templars and the occult don't overindulge themselves. A historical fantasy collection worth well more than its price. Roland Green
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About this edition

• Publisher: Aspect
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0446610909
• ISBN 13: 9780446610902
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Katherine Kurtz