L'ultima cospirazione

Non pensavo che dopo aver letto "Il Codice da Vinci" avrei trovato un nuovo thriller storico-religioso così entusiasmante e coinvolgente. Un testo scritto in maniera scorrevole e che si legge tutto d'un fiato anche quando l'autore affronta spiegazioni storiche. E' riuscito a renderle in maniera chiara, accurata e ben amalgamate con la trama. Personaggi interessanti e ben caratterizzati, ritmo incalzante e un mistero affascinante da risolvere. Naturalmente non mancano le Note finali dove l'autore spiega ciò che é pura fantasia letteraria e ciò che ha un fondamento di verità.

The Knights Templars were founded in Jerusalem in 1118 to protect the pilgrims visiting Palestine at the end of the First Crusade of 1096. The full, original name was "The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple which is in Jerusalem", but the for the sake of this review I will just refer to them as T Leggi tutto

Steve Berry is the thinking man's Dan Brown. I was immediately impressed after reading The Romanov Prophecy, and The Third Secret. The Templar Legacy does not disappoint. If you enjoyed The DaVinci Code you will appreciate this novel all the more. Berry mixes a decent understanding of folkore and his Leggi tutto

Maybe not quite a 4 star read, it dragged a bit in places & was quite long, but Berry certainly did his historical homework & came up with a great conspiracy. If you're not familiar with some of it, as I wasn't (I looked up more online.) he had a great author's note at the end that covered the main

Ho hum! Dan Brown's DA VINCI CODE did it first and, most definitely, did it best! Now the genre is overcrowded with wannabes, copycats and third-rate knock-offs! I'll keep this review short and sweet. If I hadn't read THE DA VINCI CODE several years ago, I might have enjoyed this one to the tune of 3 Leggi tutto

I suppose this is what might be called a "thriller" however I have hesitated to put it on that shelf. I hesitate because there are very, very few thrills in the book. I've hit a string of mediocre books lately. These are all books I've been looking forward to but once I got into them they were at bes Leggi tutto

3,5 pentru teoria de la finalul romanului. Legende și adevăruri despre templieri sunt multe, dar întotdeauna e o plăcere să citești despre acestea. E o plăcere să citești o carte pentru care s-a depus multă muncă de cercetare.

once again i'm longing for half stars (2 vs. 3). i'm settling on this just being ok/2 stars, though, because: - the dialogue is not afraid to spell things out. as in, explaining the obvious, in a predictable, simplistic manner - the actual storyline meanders a little too much, at least for my taste in Leggi tutto

"Say it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit!" Templar Legacy, the first book of the Cotton Malone series, had such potential..... Our hero, Cotton, a special ops kind of guy, must come to the rescue of his former boss from the Justice Dept who seems to be i