A comprehensive examination of the enigma of the Templars and their lost treasure based on original source documents.• Considers the possibility that the medieval castle of Gisors hides the Templar treasure.• Examines all the evidence for a secret order within the Templars, whose heretical ideology brought down the wrath of King Philip of France.When French King Philip the Fair ordered the arrest of the Knights Templars and the confiscation of their property in 1307, the Templars were one of the most powerful forces in Europe, answerable only to the Pope. It was also one of the richest, despite its knights' vow of poverty. Yet not a penny of their immense treasure was ever found. The hunt for this lost treasure has centered on a number of locations, among which is the medieval city of Gisors, a site on the Normandy and French border that is honeycombed with complex underground passageways and chambers.
