{"product_id":"assassins-and-templars-a-battle-in-myth-and-blood-hardcover","title":"Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Tibble\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the medieval world's most extraordinary organisations, the Assassins and the Templars\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Assassins and the Templars are two of history's most legendary groups. One was a Shi'ite religious sect, the other a Christian military order created to defend the Holy Land. Violently opposed, they had vastly different reputations, followings, and ambitions. Yet they developed strikingly similar strategies--and their intertwined stories have, oddly enough, uncanny parallels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this engaging account, Steve Tibble traces the history of these two groups from their origins to their ultimate destruction. He shows how, outnumbered and surrounded, they survived only by perfecting \"the promise of death,\" either in the form of a Templar charge or an Assassin's dagger. Death, for themselves or their enemies, was at the core of these extraordinary organisations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Their fanaticism changed the medieval world--and, even up to the present day, in video games and countless conspiracy theories, they have become endlessly conjoined in myth and memory.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Tibble\u003c\/b\u003e is honorary research associate at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Crusader Armies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crusader Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTemplars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrusader Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978171482413,"sku":"9780300282122","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/5jnji7xsqh9780300282122.webp?v=1775800819","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/assassins-and-templars-a-battle-in-myth-and-blood-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}