Standard Of Honour

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The story of the rise & fall of the powerful & mysterious Knights of the Temple: the Third Crusade under Richard the Lionheart. It is sixty years since the secret Brotherhood of Sion founders of the Knights Templar uncovered the treasure vouchsafed them beneath the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Now the ambitious & ruthless Plantagenet King Richard the Lionheart leads the Third Crusade against Saladin & both the honour of the Templars & the mission of the Brotherhood are at risk. Andrew Sinclair is one of the few survivors of the Battle of Hattin in 1187. As a member of the clandestine Brotherhood he was taught Arabic before being sent to the Holy Land on a mission that neither the Order of Templars nor the leaders of the Popes armies can know of. Sinclairs captivity following the battle led to his friendship with the infidel & threatened to divide his loyalty. One of the great secrets of the Brotherhood is that they are not Christians unlike the Templars. Sinclairs cousin & fellow member of the Brotherhood Sir Andre St Clair arrives with Richard from Cyprus. The secret mission they must pursue will lead them into the desert & the lair of the fearsome Assassins. & meanwhile Saladins clever tactics in battle including the butchery of the magnificent destriers the massive horses that carry armoured Frankish knights bring reversals to the Christian cause from start of the Crusade. But it is Richard the Lionhearts treachery & deceit that convince both cousins that the Crusade is a sham & that all men are venal & greedy driven by the lust for power. Only their knowledge of the Order of Sion saves them from despair: their secret mission becomes more vital than ever before. This glorious epic tells the true & truly astonishing story of the Knights of the Black & White.