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Knights Templar Mysteries
Commencez par The Last Templar et continuez avec l'ensemble des 32 livres dans l'ordre de lecture indiqué.
About This Series
The Knights Templar Mysteries series, authored by Michael Jecks, is a captivating blend of historical fiction and mystery that transports readers to the medieval world of 14th century England. With rich detail and a compelling narrative style, Jecks weaves tales of crime, intrigue, and the enigmatic Knights Templar, making each book a thrilling journey through history and suspense.
This series is worth reading not just for its intricate plots, but for its exploration of themes such as loyalty, betrayal, and the moral complexities faced by its characters. Readers who enjoy historical mysteries with depth will find themselves immersed in Jecks's vivid portrayals of medieval life and the societal challenges of the time. Ideal for fans of both historical fiction and mystery genres, the Knights Templar Mysteries offers a perfect blend of entertainment and enlightenment.
Starting with Book 1, "The Last Templar," is essential for understanding the overarching narrative and character development throughout the series. Each book builds upon the last, with interconnected plots and character arcs that reward readers who follow the series in order. Though there are no prequels or spin-offs, the continuity of the story is a vital part of what makes the Knights Templar Mysteries so engaging.
While no thought leaders have yet recommended this series, it is particularly well-suited for avid mystery enthusiasts and history buffs who appreciate a good puzzle set against a rich historical backdrop. If you love immersing yourself in tales of intrigue and crime, the Knights Templar Mysteries will undoubtedly capture your imagination and leave you eager for more.
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Livre 1 par Michael Jecks • Publié en 1995
In 1316 Devon, a burned-out cottage hides a murdered corpse, and new bailiff Simon Puttock quickly clashes with enigmatic ex-Templar Baldwin Furnshill, who insists the death was no accident. Their first joint investig...
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Se termine par Templar's Acre
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Livre 1:The Last Templar
Michael Jecks • 1995
In 1316 Devon, a burned-out cottage hides a murdered corpse, and new bailiff Simon Puttock quickly clashes with enigmatic ex-Templar Baldwin Furnshill, who insists the death was no accident. Their first joint investig...
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Livre 2:The Merchant's Partner
Michael Jecks • 1995
Midwife and healer Agatha Kyteler, long whispered about as a witch, is found mutilated in a frozen hedge, and a village youth flees in panic. Baldwin doubts the easy verdict and, with Simon Puttock, must probe jealous...
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Livre 3:A Moorland Hanging
Michael Jecks • 1996
Runaway serf Peter Bruther thinks he has gained freedom by joining the protected tin miners on Dartmoor. When he is found hanging from a tree, Baldwin and Simon must untangle landlord fury, miners’ rackets and the thr...
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Livre 4:The Crediton Killings
Michael Jecks • 1998
As Crediton prepares for a prestigious visit from the Bishop of Exeter, a band of mercenary soldiers brings extra tension to the town. When a young girl’s body is discovered hidden in a chest, Baldwin and Simon are pu...
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Livre 5:The Abbot's Gibbet
Michael Jecks • 1998
At Tavistock’s famous fair a butcher stumbles on a headless corpse, and no one can say who the victim was. With the abbey and town awash in rumour and visiting strangers, Baldwin and Simon must trace a nameless dead m...
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Livre 6:The Leper's Return
Michael Jecks • 1999
In 1320 Crediton, a goldsmith is murdered and his daughter attacked, shocking a town already on edge. As fear and loathing focus on the nearby leper hospital, Baldwin and Simon race to stop a wave of persecution while...
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Livre 7:Squire Throwleigh's Heir
Michael Jecks • 1999
When Squire Roger of Throwleigh dies, his five-year-old son Herbert inherits the estate and his mother’s bitter blame. Days later the boy is supposedly killed in a cart accident. Certain the child was targeted, Baldwi...
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Livre 8:Belladonna at Belstone
Michael Jecks • 1999
St Mary’s Priory on Dartmoor seethes with gossip and faction as its prioress is accused of misusing funds and breaking her vows. After nuns are found dead, Baldwin and Simon must navigate broken obedience, illicit aff...
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Livre 9:The Traitor of St. Giles
Michael Jecks • 2000
During the Feast of St Giles, a condemned killer claims sanctuary and is ordered to leave England, only to be found decapitated on the road. When a knight lies dead nearby, Baldwin and Simon suspect a link between the...
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Livre 10:The Boy-Bishop's Glovemaker
Michael Jecks • 2000
Christmas in Exeter should bring honour to Baldwin and Simon, who are to receive ceremonial gloves from the cathedral’s Boy-Bishop. Instead they find the glovemaker stabbed and a young cleric poisoned, drawing them in...
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Livre 11:The Tournament of Blood
Michael Jecks • 2001
As knights across Devon prepare for a grand tournament, moneylender Benjamin Dudenay is found beaten to death, followed quickly by a murdered carpenter hired to build the stands. Baldwin and Simon must work fast amid...
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Livre 12:The Sticklepath Strangler
Michael Jecks • 2001
Two children discover the bones of a girl who vanished six years earlier, and Baldwin and Simon soon learn she was not the only young victim. In the fearful village of Sticklepath, talk of cannibalism and vampires hid...
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Livre 13:The Devil's Acolyte
Michael Jecks • 2002
A local legend tells of a young monk lured to his death on the Abbot’s Way after stealing his abbot’s wine. In 1322, an empty barrel and a fresh corpse on the moor suggest the tale is coming to life again, and Baldwin...
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Livre 14:The Mad Monk of Gidleigh
Michael Jecks • 2002
At Gidleigh, a young priest sent to serve a small chapel falls in love with a miller’s daughter, who is later found brutally stabbed beside the road. Branded a killer and on the run, he forces Baldwin and Simon to unr...
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Livre 15:The Templar's Penance
Michael Jecks • 2003
Granted leave to make pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Baldwin hopes for reflection rather than bloodshed. When a beautiful young woman is found murdered on a Spanish hillside, he and Simon lend their skills to t...
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Livre 16:The Outlaws of Ennor
Michael Jecks • 2003
Shipwrecked after pirates attack their vessel off the Scilly Isles, Baldwin and Simon are separated and each believes the other dead. On different islands they investigate the same killing from opposite sides, reveali...
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Livre 17:The Tolls of Death
Michael Jecks • 2004
In the Cornish village of Cardinham, a destitute woman is found hanged beside the bodies of her children, and the tragedy is blamed on despair. Passing through on their journey home, Baldwin and Simon suspect murder a...
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Livre 18:The Chapel of Bones
Michael Jecks • 2004
Exeter’s cathedral close still remembers an ambush and massacre that stained it with blood forty years earlier. When a hated merchant is killed and links emerge to that old crime, Baldwin and Simon must uncover how pa...
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Livre 19:The Butcher of St Peter's
Michael Jecks • 2005
A strange figure obsessed with children prowls Exeter’s streets at night, slipping into houses and terrifying families. After a father is slaughtered defending his own, Baldwin suspects more than a lone madman, and hi...
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Livre 20:A Friar's Bloodfeud
Michael Jecks • 2005
Simon’s servant Hugh is granted treasured leave to visit his wife and son, only for their cottage to be burned and the bodies hurriedly buried. The neat story of an accident does not convince Baldwin and Simon, whose...
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Livre 21:The Death Ship of Dartmouth
Michael Jecks • 2006
Near Dartmouth, a corpse in the road is dismissed as the result of drunken misfortune just as a ship ravaged by pirates is found at sea. Baldwin and Simon must learn whether the two events are linked to spies carrying...
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Livre 22:The Malice of Unnatural Death
Michael Jecks • 2007
A royal messenger is slain carrying a dangerous secret, and rumours spread of a sorcerer hired to kill the king by magic. In crowded, suspicious Exeter, Baldwin, Simon and a hard-drinking coroner pick their way throug...
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Livre 23:Dispensation of Death
Michael Jecks • 2007
In 1325, under the unpredictable rule of Edward II and his favourite Hugh Despenser, the queen’s lady-in-waiting is murdered and a mutilated body is found behind the throne. Baldwin is summoned to investigate within a...
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Livre 24:The Templar, the Queen and Her Lover
Michael Jecks • 2008
Stripped of influence at Westminster, Queen Isabella is sent to France to negotiate with her brother, and Baldwin and Simon must join her escort. When a French magnate is stabbed and Baldwin is framed, he must untangl...
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Livre 25:The Prophecy of Death
Michael Jecks • 2008
Baldwin and Simon return from France with an urgent message for Edward II, only to be drawn straight back into court intrigue. As prophecies about holy oil and a destined king swirl around Westminster, they must uncov...
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Livre 26:The King of Thieves
Michael Jecks • 2008
In 1325 Paris, Baldwin and Simon accompany Prince Edward and Bishop Walter into a city thick with spies and professional criminals. A series of killings pulls them into the orbit of Paris’s feared king of thieves, whe...
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Livre 27:No Law in the Land
Michael Jecks • 2009
After carrying unwelcome news that Queen Isabella refuses to return from France, Baldwin and Simon are dismissed from court and ride home to Devon. There they find the countryside terrorised by organised outlaws, and...
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Livre 28:The Bishop Must Die
Michael Jecks • 2010
As Queen Isabella flaunts her alliance with Roger Mortimer in France and England fears invasion, Bishop Stapledon, the king’s treasurer, receives chilling death threats. Summoned to London, Baldwin and Simon must iden...
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Livre 29:The Oath
Michael Jecks • 2010
In an England split between Edward II and the rising power of Isabella and Mortimer, a Devon family is found butchered in their own home. Ordered by Mortimer to investigate, Simon is pulled into a web of local vengean...
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Livre 30:King's Gold
Michael Jecks • 2011
At the end of 1326 London burns, Edward II sits in captivity and Queen Isabella and Mortimer are triumphant. The powerful Bardi banking family, who funded the old king, scramble to survive, while Baldwin and Simon, gu...
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Livre 31:City of Fiends
Michael Jecks • 2012
When the imprisoned Edward II escapes from under their noses, Baldwin and Simon race to Exeter with the disastrous news. Inside the walled city a young woman is found murdered, and with the gates closed against outsid...
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Livre 32:Templar's Acre
Michael Jecks • 2013
In 1291, teenage Baldwin de Furnshill arrives in the last Crusader stronghold of Acre hoping to outrun a troubled past. As Muslim forces close in and the city braces for its final siege, he is thrown into brutal stree...
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Quel est le meilleur ordre pour lire la série Knights Templar Mysteries ?
L'ordre de lecture recommandé est l'ordre numéroté affiché sur cette page, en commençant par The Last Templar.
Combien de livres y a-t-il dans la série Knights Templar Mysteries ?
Il y a 32 livres actuellement répertoriés dans la série Knights Templar Mysteries sur GurusReads.
Par où dois-je commencer la série Knights Templar Mysteries ?
Les nouveaux lecteurs devraient commencer par The Last Templar, le premier livre de l'ordre de lecture.
La série Knights Templar Mysteries est-elle terminée ?
D'après les années de publication dont nous disposons, la série semble probablement terminée et s'étend sur des publications allant de 1995 to 2013.