by William Watson · Planeta Deagostini · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439582496
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«Beltrán, un templario en el exilio» is the historical novel by William Watson, published by Planeta DeAgostini in hardcover (304 pages, in Spanish).
In 1291, after the fall of Acre: Christians have lost the Holy Land and the last Templars flee towards Europe. Beltrán, born in that land, leaves the castle of Sidon, leaving behind his homeland and thirty years of life as a soldier-monk. While the loyalty of his companions wavers, he fights to keep the faith.
Work originally published in 1979; this Spanish edition dates from 1999 and its cover presents it as a historical novel of the Middle Ages.
For readers of historical fiction and the Middle Ages, especially those interested in the Crusades and the fate of the Order of the Temple.
William Watson, Baron Watson, was a Scottish lawyer and Conservative Party politician. He was Lord Advocate, the most senior Law Officer in Scotland, from 1876 to 1880, and was then appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
