I recommend this book for those who want to listen to an intelligent story that is touched with mysticism and esotericism. And then found I couldn't sleep because I was wondering what was going to happen next! I found myself having to stop listening to go to sleep. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? My favourite scene was the argument between the different prelates during dinner which is found later in the book. I also love Andre, a man who rests his entire life on reason, but realises at the end that it does not always provide a steady footing. I love the way that though he was only a scribe, he was always the one to figure out the most important clues. There is a Christian in all of us, part young man, part old man, doubtful, faithful, loyal to his master, but also questioning everything he does. Adriana Koulias' writing is very visual and the narrator was so good I felt like I was watching a movie. Full of historical authenticity which never gets in the way of the story, but makes it rich, like a tapestry. I love murder mysteries and this one is a cut above the rest. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale.What did you love best about Temple of the Grail? Category: Fiction Historical ISBN: 0330421441. And for Andre and Christian, the investigation will turn into a fight not only for their souls, but also for their lives. But why? By the time the secret of St Lazarus is revealed, hypocrisy and violence will be exposed. He seems determined to condemn the community of monks. Hampering them at every turn is Rainiero Sacconi, the Pope's ambitious inquisitor. When an elderly monk dies under strange circumstances, Andre and Christian start to unravel the mystery at the heart of St Lazarus. Andre, a Knight of the Templar Order, and his young scribe, Christian de St Armand, have been sent by the King of France to oversee the investigation. At the end of a bitter winter, a delegation arrives to investigate the monks of St Lazarus. There is also the rumour of a sceret - a secret so important and so dangerous that its keepers would be prepared to kill before permitting its revelation. Behind its ramparts and battlements, heretical acts are said to take place. France 1254 On a mountain high in the Pyrenees, the monastery of St Lazarus is a forbidding place.

*** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Unread book with tanned edges to pages. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition.

*** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, Australia, 2004.

Temple of the Grail by Adriana Koulias