The Crusades: Assassins vs Templars

Steve Tibble — a proper Crusades scholar — guides Dan Snow through the real history of the Assassins and Templars, separating the covert operations and beliefs from the mythology. Tibble's expertise elevates what could be a pop-culture exercise.

Dan Snow and Crusades specialist Steve Tibble dig into the Assassins and Templars — their organisation, operations, and the reality behind the myth. Tibble is one of the better Crusades historians working today, and his focus on separating legend from documented history gives this more substance than the title suggests.