01 juillet 2008
The Templar Legacy… L’héritage des Templiers … - Steve Berry
It is in 1118 in Jerusalem, Holy Land, that nine knights create the military order of the “Poor Knights of Christ”. The king Baudoin II of Jerusalem yields to them for residence, part of his palate built on the ruins of Solomon’s Temple and thus they become the “Knights Templar” then the “Templars”. In 1307 Jacques de Molay, then Grand Master of theKnight Templars, si arrested o by order of Philippe IV and delivered to the Inquisition. Tortured and condemned to death he however keeps silence on the already famous Templars’ treasure. Nowadays, an ex(agent of the American Justice, Cotton Malone, and his friend Stéphanie Nell enter in possession of document concerning the nature of the Templars’ treasure. Then begin a search at the same time historical, erudite and perilous which will carry out them to Rennes-le-Château, heart of the mystery. Steve Berry offers to us here an esoteric thriller rich in historical details, developing at the same time an astonishing assumption about the real nature of the famous Templars’ treasure. To read…