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New ground for Whyte, Sep 3 2006
Ah, after finishing his Roman/Arthurian series (which is quite brilliant and one of my favourite series) I patiently waited for the first of his Templar books to arrive. It did arrive and I quickly devoured it. What a beginning, and I say that because I realize this is a trilogy and so what we get here is the very beginnings of another generational story (as it begins in 1099 at the formation of the knights templar, and we know from history that their demise did not occur until October on Friday the 13 of 1307 I believe). We get introduced, like the first two books of "A Dream of Eagles", to the forefathers of the story, Hugh De Payens, Godfrey St. Omer, and Stephen St. Clair (along with the other of the original 9 knights Templar). We spend the first quarter of the book in the company of the first two fellows, and the latter part mostly with St. Clair, and though you can feel the switch, which I think had to happen, you still fell as you did in Eagles Brood when Luceia and Publius took the back seat and role of teacher. It is very much the same here. Where as the earlier two fellows are very thoughtful about EVERYTHING they do, St. Clair is in turn reckless to a degree, and I liked that. The main female character in this one is the King of Jerusalem's second daughter Alice, and boy oh boy do we love to hate her. She is dripping with such nastiness. She is a very strong character, but in that villainous way.
Long story short, this book takes ideas from Holy Blood Holy Grail about what the grail actually IS and makes them rather fresh, because I think we ALL know now that the chances that it is a cup are slim to none, so this story is timely, for we have never before heard the story of the Templar knights, and if their story is half as intriguing as A Dream of Eagles was to Arthur, then we have begun something extrordinary.
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knights and ladies, Nov. 27 2006
Don't be swayed too much by connections to Holy Blood, Holy Grail - this book is storytelling at its best - the things that little boys dream of - knights in shining armour and ladies - well 'lady' aka alice is a stretch...Lincoln's blood/grail is a treatise which at times reads like fiction - but that's as far as it goes - it's not good fiction and it does 'go on' at times -
I'm not a fast reader and i've finished this is a few days.
I have been to France a dozen times in the past several years and i ve read many (all?) the books associated with the Magdalene myth as well as the Cathar legend - although interesting, i found many of these books poorly written (read grammar!). Whyte writes using the Queen's English. He uses correct grammar and his vocabulary is extensive as is his knowledge of early Christianity, the Muslim world and the history of the first crusade. I can't wait for the next book in this series. I've just discovered Mr Whyte, so in the meantime, i ll get his other books.
I highly recommend this very enjoyable saga.
richard harrop (toronto)
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Great read, Mai 16 2007
Good book - great character development and an interesting story. The book somewhat lacks a climax as, for myself anyway, the end was somewhat predictable. That being said I think the groundwork has been laid for an exciting second and third book and I will definitely be picking up the second of the trilogy as soon as it is released. The book is a more substantial read than the typical Knight's Templar or Da Vinci-type thriller but is worth the extra investment of time.
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