Templar
By Paul Bannister
1216 AD. King John has died and Henry, a boy of only nine years, is left to rule.
Frederick Banastre and his own son, Alaric, know that the kingdom is too fragile to withstand any further civil war. But they are distrustful of William Longsword and fear that William Marshal has only a few years left in him. A new regent must be found before internal strife tears the country apart once more.
Count Ramon of Toulouse seems to be the perfect choice. He is powerful enough to bring the barons to heel until Henry is ready to fully assume the throne. But convincing Ramon to leave his lands to become regent of England is more difficult than first thought.
After Alaric takes up holy orders with the Templar Knights, he and Frederick travel to France to bring back a regent that England is so desperately in need of. But Ramon is tied up with many troubles of his own. Most prominently the 5th Earl of Leicester, Simon de Montfort, who is wreaking havoc by declaring a holy crusade against him and his people. Will Frederick and Alaric be able to help Ramon protect his lands? Can they prevent the succession crisis that is imminent in England?
Templar is the third in a new series of historical thrillers chronicling the world of Richard the Lionheart, King John, and the Albigensian Crusade.
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