Templars and the Assassins

• An examination of the interactions of the Christian Knights Templar and their Muslim counterparts, the Assassins, and of the profound changes in Western society that resulted.

• Restores the reputation of the secret Muslim order of the Assassins, disparaged as the world''s first terrorist group.

• Dispels many myths about the Knights Templar and provides the most incisive portrait of them to d...