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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Templar Legacy: A Novel (originale 2006; edizione 2006)di Steve Berry (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Los caballeros de Salomón Steve Berry Publicado: 2006 | 468 páginas Novela Intriga Serie: Cotton Malone #1 /sad5VpSlr_G4 La poderosa orden medieval de los templarios poseÃa un conocimiento secreto que amenazaba los cimientos de la Iglesia y cuya revelación podrÃa haber cambiado el rumbo de la historia. Condenados por herejÃa, fueron aniquilados en el siglo XIV, y los rastros de su colosal saber se perdieron en los abismos de la historia. Hasta hoy. Cotton Malone, un ex agente secreto del gobierno americano, se ve envuelto en una persecución contrarreloj por descifrar ese enigma que los templarios codificaron. Su búsqueda pone al descubierto una peligrosa conspiración religiosa capaz de cambiar el destino de la humanidad y poner en entredicho la veracidad de los Santos Evangelios. This excellent thriller introduces Cotton Malone who stars in eighteen thrillers. The plot of this one revolves around lost Templar treasure and information about Jesus Christ that could rock the Roman Catholic church. Cotton is approached by Stephanie Nelle his former boss at the Magellan Billet where he used his skills as a lawyer to deal with international crime. He left the Magellan Billet, moved to Denmark, and opened a bookstore. Stephanie has received a journal from her deceased husband. Her husband was obsessed with investigating rumors regarding the Templars. He wrote a number of bestselling books before he took his own life. Stephanie feels that she owes it to her husband to see if there was anything to the rumors he was investigating. Since someone is trying to kill her, it looks like there is something to his research. Despite trying to not get Cotton involved, he becomes involved because of his curiosity and loyalty to Stephanie. Then the action happens as they travel from Denmark to France in search of the Templars lost treasure. We also get the viewpoint of a man who wants to be the new Master of the Templars and get revenge for actions done in the 13th Century. This was a fun thriller that reminded me of The Davinci Code. I enjoyed the characters and plan to read more in the series.
An ex-spy is plunged back into the violent world he thought he left behind when he's forced into the race to find a treasure that could rock the civilized world.
Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it wasâ??and its true nature could change the modern world. Cotton Malone, one-time top operative for the U.S. Justice Department, is enjoying his quiet new life as an antiquarian book dealer in Copenhagen when an unexpected call to action reawakens his hair-trigger instinctsâ??and plunges him back into the cloak-and-dagger world he thought heâ??d left behind. It begins with a violent robbery attempt on Cottonâ??s former supervisor, Stephanie Nelle, whoâ?? s far from home on a mission that has nothing to do with national security. Armed with vital clues to a series of centuries-old puzzles scattered across Europe, she means to crack a mystery that has tantalized scholars and fortune-hunters through the ages by finding the legendary cache of wealth and forbidden knowledge thought to have been lost forever when the order of the Knights Templar was exterminated in the fourteenth century. But sheâ??s not alone. Competing for the historic prizeâ?? and desperate for the crucial information Stephanie possessesâ??is Raymond de Roquefort, a shadowy zealot with an army of assassins at his command. Welcome or not, Cotton seeks to even the odds in the perilous race. But the more he learns about the ancient conspiracy surrounding the Knights Templar, the more he realizes that even more than lives are at stake. At the end of a lethal game of conquest, rife with intrigue, treachery, and craven lust for power, lies a shattering discovery that could rock the civilized worldâ??and, in the wrong hands, bring it to its knees. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steve Berryâ??s The King's Deception and Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I really appreciate all the research that went into this book. I enjoyed all the geographical and theological knowledge sprinkled throughout the story, and I liked that Berry blurred the lines between fact and fiction. Not being religious myself I’m not familiar with biblical lore, so I appreciated the education.
The twist in the second half caught me by complete surprise, and I was delighted with the revelation! What I didn’t like as much was that some of the characters’ motivations - Cassiopea’s and Henrik’s, in particular - were very vague and not resolved at the end. I’m betting the characters will show up again in future books and all will be explained then.
I’m very much looking forward to reading more books in this series. ( )