“I
met him once, with my dad.” She
paused. “But I thought his specialty was
Phoenician history.”
“It is, but you know how it is with the Templars. It’s like
archaeological porn, it’s virtually academic suicide to be interested in
them. It’s gotten to the point where no
one wants it known that they take the subject seriously. Too many crackpots obsessed with all kinds of
conspiracy theories about their history.
You know what Umberto Eco said, right?”
“No.”
“A
sure sign of a lunatic is that sooner or later, he brings up the Templars.”
(from The Last Templar, by Raymond Khoury)
7½*/10. The full review is here.
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