Templar Traitor

Name: Templar Traitor
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Angus Donald
ISBN: 9781399189187

Author: Angus Donald

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 14 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Published: 08/28/2025

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

July 1241. Christendom cowers in terror before the threat of a Mongol invasion. The swift-moving, invincible cavalry of Genghis Khan has smashed the proud, steel-clad knights of Russia, Poland and Hungary - and now Austria lies directly in their path. At a skirmish outside the walls of Vienna, German knights capture a squad of Mongol scouts, and are astonished to discover one of their number is an Englishman - a Templar knight - who has been riding with these Devil's horsemen for more than 20 years. Interrogator Father Ivo of Narbonne is summoned to Vienna Castle to draw the truth from the imprisoned Englishman before his impending trial, to find out why he abandoned his Faith, his Brethren and his homeland to become. . .a traitor to Christendom.

About Angus Donald

Angus Donald was born in 1965 and educated at Marlborough College and Edinburgh University. He has worked as a fruit-picker in Greece, a waiter in New York and as an anthropologist studying magic and witchcraft in Indonesia. For twenty years, he was a journalist in Hong Kong, India, Afghanistan and London. He is married to Mary, with whom he has two children, and he now writes full time from home in Tonbridge, Kent.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terry on August 27, 2025

4.5 stars What a ride. Angus Donald has a real gift for pulling you into the dust and blood of history, and here he does it again with Robert of Hadlow’s tale. The unique framing of Robert recounting his story under duress gives the whole book a tense, confessional atmosphere. It’s not just a narrat......more

Goodreads review by Adam on August 21, 2025

I do love an Angus Donald book. His Outlaw series about Robin Hood is the gold standard for historical fiction, and his Last Beserker books have flown off the shelves, so I was excited to get a read of his next project. This one starts in 1241, Austria, with a collection of knights rallying to fight......more

Goodreads review by Richard on September 29, 2025

One of the fun things about reading historical fiction is that it's just that - fiction - and the author has taken some liberties with history. This is one of those instances. Genghis Khan, who was one of the more notorious butchers in world history - responsible for the deaths of between 20 and 30......more

Goodreads review by Unseen on August 17, 2025

I received a copy of Templar Traitor from Netgalley to review. Rating of 4.5. Those in the mood for an awesome and intense adventure should check out the soon-to-be-released historical fiction novel from Angus Donald, Templar Traitor, an outstanding book that I had a brilliant time getting through. Plo......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on August 27, 2025

Thank you very much to NetGalley who offered me an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review! As a medievalist i was out of my depth here as i confess, I know exceptionally little about genghis khan. What drew me to the book was the premise of a knight's templar being in genghis khan's army. I give......more