Templar Silks

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William Marshal has reached the end of his long and glorious life On his deathbed at his manor in Caversham, he has one final task for his loyal servant to fetch the silks William had woven in Jerusalem as a young man William made a solemn promise to the Order of the Templars and he intends to leave the world as a member of that order.As he waits to perform to his last knightly duty, William is swept back into his own past Determined to fulfil his last vow to his beloved Prince, William set forth on a quest to Jerusalem, which led him down dark and twisting paths, and brought him great passion and great loss In the holiest and most dangerous of cities, William Marshall became the Greatest Knight. Best Read [ Templar Silks ] by [ Elizabeth Chadwick ] – kino-fada.fr So good to see Elizabeth Chadwick return to the subject of William Marshal, the Greatest Knight Here William looks back on his perilous pilgrimage to Jerusalem Action and romance combine with a fantastic sense...I recently read one of Chadwick s Autumn Throne and loved it and it was recommended that I pick up the William Marshal books to read Before I had chance to do that this latest book showed up on netgalley so in typical style I m reading everything back to front However with this story it doesn t matter.It s quite a self contain...It is something I need to remember, but not something you need to know In April 1219, at his Manor of Caversham near Reading in Berkshire, William Marshal s life is nearing its end Marshal, Regent of England and one of England s greatest knights, served four English kings during his long and eventful life Marshal has sent one of his knights to Striguil in Wales to collect the silks he brought home from his pilgrimage to Jerusalem These are what he intends to be buried in As he lies in his It is something I need to remember, but not something you need to know In April 1219, at his Manor of Caversham near Reading in Berkshire, William Marshal s life is nearing its end Marshal, Regent of England and one of England s greatest knights, served four English kings during his long and eventful life Marshal has sent one of his ...This novel fills in the gap in time in the William Marshal novels after Young King Harry dies and before William starts gaining influence and fortune For those who have forgotten or haven t read the previous books, we get a recap of the sacrilegious pillaging William was reluctantly involved in and which sent him on a pilgrimage to Outremer It s a nice visit back to the William Marshal books but in the late Chadwick style, meaning we know people are getting down and dirty but we re not getting This novel fills in the gap in time in the William Marshal novels after Young King Harry dies and before William starts gaining influence and fortune For those who have forgotten or haven t read the previous books, we get a recap of the sacrilegious pillaging William was reluctantly involved in and which sent him on a pilgrimage to Outremer It s a nice visit back to the William Marshal books but in the late Chadwick style, meaning we know people are getting down and dirty but we re not getting every juicy detail like we would have gotten in her earlier novels Having said that, the boy meets girl aspect of this novel did seem to go on a bit too long and I would have preferred those pages be filled withinformation about the Templars and the overall picture of the Holy Land of the time We learn a fair bit a...An Elizabeth Chadwick is to be released, and I contact my bookshop to have it reserved As soon as I get a copy it moves to the top almost of the to be read pile.Especially the book about William Marshall and his years in Outremer This is the part of William s life not covered by the chronicles in detail, and without primary documents to confirm fully dates of events So in this case the book is less filling in the aspects and helping flesh out the dates, butthinking what may have happen An Elizabeth Chadwick is to be released, and I contact my bookshop to have it reserved As soon as I get a copy it moves to the top almost of the to be read pile.Especially the book about William Marshall and his years in Outremer This is the part of William s life not covered by the chronicles in detail, and without primary documents to confirm fully dates of events So in this case the book is less filling in the aspects and helping flesh out the dates, butthinking what may have happened I love the way that Elizabeth constructs her sentences, paragraphs and passages for they enable be to create scenic pictures well I also love most of the story, in the complexity of politics of the area, the difficulty for newcomers working to be accepted and considered worthy to be part of the decision making Alternating chapters from ...On his deathbed, surrounded by his family, William Marshall looks back on a particular time in his life where everything changed In the service of Harry, the Young King, William has been fighting against Henry II but as funds run low Young Henry decides to raid the shrine of Rocamadour in order to pay his mercenaries Sticken by dysentery Henry believes this is God s punishment for his sins and his dying wish to ask William to take his cloak on pilgrimage to Jerusalem As William dies he rememb On his deathbed, surrounded by his family, William Marshall looks back on a particular time in his life where everything changed In the service of Harry, the Young King, William has b...Templar Silks by Elizabeth Chadwick is a meticulously researched, evocatively written tale about the greatest knight, William Marshal and his pilgrimage to Jerusalem.Chadwick writes so descriptively and with a knowledge of the medieval time period that the reader is instantly transported into the storyline A page turner from the get go, the author beautifully weaves a tale of this remarkable man s path to redemption and regained honor.I really enjoyed how the story alternates between the Marsha Templar Silks...Unexpected giftWhat a truly wonderful story I have been reading Elizabeth Chadwick books for many years and William Marshall became my hero The four main books concerning William are beautifully written and totally engrossing I call this one an unexpected gift because his life story had been pretty fully covered but his time on crusade was the missing piece I cried when I read the end of The Greatest Knight and having just finished this book I am crying now The research involved in these to Unexpected gif...

Templar Silks
  • 02 January 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 496 pages
  • 0751564974
  • Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Templar Silks