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Crusades trilogy
The "Crusades" trilogy is a series of novels about the fictional character of Arn Magnusson. The series is written by Swedish author and journalist Jan Guillou.
After finishing the Coq Rouge series, Guillou wrote a trilogy about Arn Magnusson, a 12th century Folkung who was forced to become a Knight Templar. The series is an account of the life of Arn, a person who becomes witness as well as catalyst to many important historical events, both in his homeland of Götaland, Sweden and in the crusader
of Sweden and in the crusades against the Middle East.
The trilogy, dubbed the "Crusades trilogy", consists of the following books:
- "The Road to Jerusalem", originally "Vägen till Jerusalem" (1998)
- "The Knight Templar", originally "Tempelriddaren" (1999),
- "The Kingdom at the End of the Road", originally "Riket vid vägens slut" (2000)
Guillou also wrote a follow-up novel about Birger Jarl, founder of